SWOT Analysis: Mercy Medical Center
Strengths

Mercy Medical Center is known for its strong workforce, composed of highly competent nursing and medical staff. Aside from their qualifications, Mercy's competent salary rates enabled the hospital to have a low staffing turnover unlike other hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland.

As support to the hospital's strong workforce, the hospital also has a strong training program for advanced studies for nurses. Mercy N is a program in Mercy that allows its nurses (and even those outside of Mercy) to pursue advanced studies on nursing research and evidence-based practice of nursing.

Mercy Medical Center's organizational capacity is considered strong and mature with its continuous development across Baltimore, establishing new health centers and services, including an academic institution and a community foundation, and receiving numerous awards for its healthcare, medical, and charitable work not only across Baltimore, but also across the state.

Mercy Medical Center continues to be a "Center of Excellence"…...

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References

Jeffs, L. (2006). "Case study: reconciling the quality and safety gap through strategic planning." Nursing Leadership, Vol. 19, No. 2.

Mercy Medical Hospital Official Website. Available at:  http://www.mdmercy.com/ 

Tseng, P. And H. Chen. (2007). "Reinventing healthcare service through m-care business model: the strategy analysis of WiMAX adoption." Journal of Communications, Vol. 2, No. 5.

"Workforce Planning Toolkit." (2007). CPS Human Resource Services.

SWOT Analysis iPhones 5C 5S promotion Please give strong clear examples.
SWOT Analysis of iPhone 5C vs. 5S and promotions

Both the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S have been extremely successful products for Apple thus far. However, they have been targeted to different demographics and have different relative strengths (and weaknesses) when compared with one another as well as with competitors.

Strengths

The iPhone 5S has been called "Apple's heavyweight competitor to the Galaxy S4" of Samsung (Briggs 2013). Before its release," Apple, Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Sony, and Motorola all had handsets enjoying top-three sales at least one of America's big four carriers" but afterward the iPhone 5S has come to dominate the competition relatively quickly (Briggs 2013). It has also shown particularly strong returns in specific national markets such as the UK where it is outselling the iPhone 5C by a three-to-one margin (Briggs 2013).

The iPhone 5S is considered technically superior has…...

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References

Briggs, M. (2013). iPhone 5C vs. 5S comparison: Digital spy survey names Apple flagship phone of year. Digital Trends. Retrieved from:

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/9819/20131225/iPhone-5c-vs.-5s-comparison-phone-of-year-video.htm

Costello, S. (2013). 7 key differences between iPhones 5S and iPhone 5C. About.com.

Retrieved: http://iPod.about.com/od/iPhone5SandiPhone5C/tp/Differences-Between-iPhone-5s-iPhone-5c.htm

SWOT analysis is a strategy development tool used by a majority of organizations. Proper use of the tool will yield the position of an organization in terms of strengths, weakness, opportunity and threats. It is very essential that one consider honesty when analyzing the organization using this tool. The analysis should truthfully reflect the current situation of an organization. In addition, SWOT analysis is a base for developing strategy of the organization. In case of the sales company that has an ambition of expanding globally, a SWOT analysis will be the best tool for planning and developing strategic decisions. The analysis takes place on a place, industry, person or product (Pahl & ichter, 2009).
The target of this SWOT analysis is the identification of the market situation for this firm. The most important target is acquisition of new buildings and assets. The analysis of the organization starts by first identifying the…...

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References

Pahl, N., & Richter, A. (2009). SWOT Analysis-idea, methodology and a practical approach.

Munchen: GRIN Verlag.

Eden, C., & Ackermann, F. (2013). Making strategy: The journey of strategic management.

London: Sage Publications.

SWOT Analysis: Human ights Campaign
Human ights Campaign (HC)

In brief, HC "is the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans…" (HC, 2014). As the organization further points out on its website, it currently has a global membership of more that 1.5 million people. In this text, I conduct SWOT analysis for HC. In so doing, I will be taking into consideration the HC's weaknesses, strengths, as well as the opportunities and threats it is likely to encounter as it executes its mandate.

In the words of Hill and Jones (2012, p. 19), SWOT analysis is a strategic management tool whose key or primary "purpose is to identify the strategies to exploit external opportunities, counter threats, build on and protect company strengths, and eradicate weaknesses." In this section, I highlight the strengths, weaknesses, as well as threats and opportunities for my organization of choice.

Strengths

Dedicated Staff

A…...

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References

Hill, C. & Jones, G. (2012). Strategic Management Theory (10th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

Human Rights Campaign - HRC. (2014). The HRC Story: About Us. Retrieved from  http://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/about-us 

Rogers, G., Finley, D.S., & Galloway, J.R. (2001). Strategic Planning in Social Service Organizations. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars' Press.

Sullivan, A. (2009). The Battered Wife Syndrome of the Human Rights Campaign. The Atlantic. Retrieved from  http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/10/the-battered-wife-syndrome-of-the-human-rights-campaign/195585/

SWOT Analysis: AMAZON.COM
Amazon.com is one of the largest online stores offering everything from books to CDs, to toys to tools and prescription drugs. Below is a SWOT analysis of this Amazonian online store which has carved a niche for itself in e-commerce and has managed to change the very definition of the term: American corporation.

Strengths:

Amazon.com believes in diversity and unlike the restricted approach of its starting days, Amazon is now venturing into other directions-offering more than just books. By the end of last year, Amazon displayed healthy revenues of $6,921 million which was a significant increase from 2003 when revenues came at $5,263 million. (Hoover) Amazon has also managed to expand its customer base by offering services internationally. They have kept their advertising budget in check by refusing to advertise on television but instead use web as its primary channel of advertising. The shipping costs are reasonable-giving international customers more…...

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References

1) Amazon.com Inc. - Fact Sheet: Hoover's. Available at -- /free-co-factsheet.xhtml [Accessed 2nd September 2005]http://www.hoovers.com/amazon.com/--ID__51493

2) "Amazon.com Announces 76% Free Cash Flow Growth and 29% Sales Growth," Business Wire Oct 21, 2004

3) "Dotcom crashes as Net cashes," The Tribune, February 24, 2003: available at   [Accessed 2nd Sept. 2005]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030224/login/main9.htm 

The virtual world model -- is a variant of the community business model. For Linden Lab, this model works directly. The benefit for ABC is not to derive revenue from the community, but to become a part of the community and develop the two-way traffic flow. It remains to be seen how viable this tactic is as an eBusiness strategy as it is an emerging concept. It is essentially a form of public broadcasting, but it relies on the two-way traffic flow to bring customers out of the virtual world into one were ABC can gained revenue directly.
At the beginning of March, 2009, global media outlet Reuters closed its Second Life bureau (Reuters, 2009). The company had utilized only a couple of writers at the bureau, and reported primarily on happenings within the virtual world. The departure was explained as a reaction to the stagnant user growth of the…...

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Works Cited:

Winterford, Brett. (2007). Virtual Worlds a Risky Bet for Business? ZDNet Australia. Retrieved April 16, 2009 from  http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/Virtual-worlds-a-risky-bet-for-big-business-/0,139023764,339281415,00.htm 

ABC Island in Second Life. (2009). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved April 16, 2009 from  http://www.abc.net.au/services/secondlife/ 

Wagner, James Au. (2009). Exclusive: Second Life Starts to Grow Again. Gigaom. Retrieved April 16, 2009 from  http://gigaom.com/2009/04/15/exclusive-internal-second-life-data-shows-returning-growth/ 

Reuters Second Life page. (2009). Retrieved April 16, 2009 from http://secondlife.reuters.com/

At one point the quality problems with data management and cloud-based virtualization strategies at Zillow were so significant the company had to completely redefine their it architecture (McDonald, 2006).
Another significant weakness the company has had to contend with is the continual churn of customers across free and fee-based services (Zillow Investor elations, 2012). Churn continues to drop Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and eventually reduces the company's tock price over time as well. This weakness is one that continually has challenged the company to grow in previous years (Zillow Investor elations, 2012). The company confronted this weakness and invested heavily in analytics and advanced Customer elationship Management (CM) applications to better track and understand the overall value of their customers (Zillow Investor elations, 2012).

A third weakness is the pricing model of the various business units is their reliance on access and fee-based pricing instead of value-based pricing (Zillow Investor elations,…...

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References

Haseeb, a. (2012). Zillow to acquire mortgage tech company, offers Q4 outlook. SNL Kagan Media & Communications Report.

Lantz, E. (2012). Your next move. Mortgage Banking, 73(1), 36-38,40-41.

McDonald, J.F. (2006). Market value websites: How good are they? Journal of Real Estate Literature, 14(2), 225-230.

Schintler, L., & Istrate, E. (2011). Tracking the housing bubble across metropolitan areas -- a spatio-temporal comparison of house price indices. Cityscape, 13(1), 165-182.

Group members feel free to experiment with behavioral changes and discuss deep secrets without fear of judgment or reprisal. Members are also exposed to the struggles of others. This can build empathy and understanding, reduce the feeling of being alone and help spark new ideas on how people can handle their own difficulties." (p. 1)
This points of the value of different types of group treatment strategies, which can center on grouping together individuals of shared or overlapping needs. Over the course of our research, we have encountered an array of different group types which connote the contextualizing milieu by which treatment is designed. For instance, goal-setting groups can help to raise collective and concrete markers of treatment success around which members may coalesce to support one another. Or relaxation groups may simply group together individuals sharing the common need for stress management strategies. Community groups, more commonly established through…...

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Works Cited:

Fritscher, L. (2008). Therapeutic Milieu. About Phobias.

SOT Analysis: Dresser-Rand
Dresser-Rand is a compressor company that is world-renowned and aims to please its customers any way that is necessary. It also makes steam turbines and several other products (www.Dresser-Rand.com).It has made a name for itself, and its reputation is based on the quality and reliability of its products. Since it has been around for over 100 years, this reputation has carried it from one technological age into another, and now it has a eb site where customers can learn about and purchase products (Products and Services).

Like every company, it has both strengths and weaknesses. It also has opportunities for growth, and threats to its business and market share. The purpose of this paper is to discuss these different areas and provide a statement of opportunity (or problem statement) for Dresser-Rand that deals with e-commerce and development in that area, since it is an area of business and technology…...

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Works Cited

Dresser-Rand.com Home Page. Retrieved 12 July 2003 at  http://www.dresser-rand.com 

Frost, R. & Strauss, J. (2000). E-Marketing. Prentice Hall

Products and Services. (2003). Dresser-Rand official Web site. Retrieved 12 July 2003 at

SWOT analysis is Merrythought's four core business areas including human resource, finance, operations, and marketing, by looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. These are indicated in the table below.
Marketing

Operations

Finance

Human esource

Strengths

Merrythought is an established and recognized name in the UK,

Established brand as quintessential English teddy bear,

Strong local market from departmental stores and independent retailers,

Niche market from up-market client base,

Half of their consumers are collectors who pay premium for teddy bears,

employee Workforce skilled in the manual and traditional teddy bear manufacturing methods,

Stabilization of fortunes in decades since the downturn in the 1990s,

Increase in revenue from annual improvements from strong exports and Olympic games

Weaknesses

No product differential strategies as Merrythought only designs and produces teddy bears,

Company has focused on the British niche and up-market clientele,

It's a product led company surviving on producing and designing,

Slow and poor production processes from Victorian style factory, old manual machines, and slow new recruits,

New recruits take two…...

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References

Kaur, G., & Sharma, R.D. (2009). Voyage of marketing thought from a barter system to a customer centric one. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 27(5), 567-614.

Osland, J.S. (2003). Broadening the debate the pros and cons of globalization. Journal of Management Inquiry, 12(2), 137-137

Zabid, A.R., Sambasivan, M., & Azmawani, A.R. (2004). The influence of organizational culture on attitudes toward organizational change. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 25(1), 161-179.

Limited venture with Good Sisters Health System (although this is questionable and tentative)

Disgruntled Innovative medical patients who feel that they have been treated like a number can be enticed by the warmth of the MPMPC staff.

Affiliations with specialists and subspecialists in other counties

Aggressive pursuit of affiliations with outside hospitals such as Riverside Health and Medical Center to create opportunities for market penetration and for capturing a unique market niche (Riverside is the only hospital in the area to perform bloodless surgery which would help them to capture the growing Jehovah's Witness market)

A focus on value-based competition

Threats

50% of patients leave their home county for medical care in the urban center

Innovative Medical is the biggest competitor -- it is affiliated with the major county hospital (CRMC) and its strategic market has resulted in the lion's share of the market.

The construction of a new CRMC facility in Middletown is underway

The consolidation of the…...

Not only do situations like this hurt a company's reputation, but increased and extensive legal costs place consistent financial burdens on the company and its international branches, which cannot afford to find themselves in any more scandal.
State Street has long made it a company mission to not only serve the needs of its institutional investors, but to continue providing that service in a way that is both effective and innovative. It is this innovation that can be viewed as State Street's most viable opportunity for future endeavors and investor relations. With the passage of time comes complete IT transformation, which State Street has not only embraced, but added into its business model. Business operations within State Street branches are continually modified to adjust to advances in IT, which allows for the company to remain ahead of the game in terms of competition as well as providing the most effective…...

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References

DATAMONITOR. (2011). State Street Corporation analysis. DATAMONITOR

1(1), 1-9. Web. Retrieved from: Business Source Premier. [Accessed on 21 March 2012].

Global Finance. (2009). World's best banks. Global Finance, 19(9), 18-66. Web.

Retrieved from: Business Source Premier. [Accessed on 21 March 2012].

SWOT Analysis: Bed & Breakfast
Bed & Breakfast

Since 2011, a new quaint bed and breakfast business in California's central coast opens, called Charmed. Located in Santa Cruz, California along Monterey Bay, its meager beginnings wowed the locals, which created quite a demand. However, Charmed became concerned, as another nearby bed and breakfast business opened shortly thereafter. Undoubtedly, the wine country area was an ideal location that parlayed many other quaint and unique businesses, such as wine tasting establishments, coffee houses, art galleries, antique shops, and now six bed and breakfast homes. Charmed never conducted a thorough scan of its external and internal environment to assess its viability. If specified variables and contingencies were outlined, it would have heightened awareness as to the strategic direction that is needed for business sustainability. Viability and sustainability are key factors for business survival. Therefore, an effective research approach for a bed and breakfast venture begins…...

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References

City Data. (2010). Santa Cruz County, California (CA)

 http://www.city-data.com/county/Santa_Cruz_County-CA.html#ixzz14XN9itTJ 

City of Santa Cruz. (2009). Retail market analysis. Retrieved from http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/index.aspx?page=1748

Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce. (2011). Santa Cruz Fast Facts

SWOT Analysis: Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines, having a well-established business incarnation throughout the United States is among the most competitive passenger airlines in terms of pricing strategies and customer services. The company has always been pursuing a growth strategy for its business operations in the local market. Currently, it has customers from all over the United States that consider it a low cost quality airline service provider. The company operates with a fleet of advanced Boeing aircrafts. The company has a strong brand image and sound financial strength which help it in its business growth strategies. It also expends a great amount on &D section in order to improve its customer services and cope up with the most advanced aircraft. The company has an efficient and dedicated workforce that is committed to provide quality services to the company's customers.

Converse to these strengths, Southwest Airlines has some weaknesses in its operations. The…...

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References

Cadle, J., Paul, D., & Yeates, D. (2010). Business Analysis, 2nd Edition. Swindon: British Informatics Society

Jobber, D. (2009). Principles and Practice of Marketing, 6th Edition. U.K: McGraw Hill

Kotler, P., Brown, L., Burton, S., Deans, K., & Armstrong, G. (2010). Marketing, 8th Edition. U.S.: Prentice-Hall

Kurtz, D.L., MacKenzie, H.F., & Snow, K. (2010). Contemporary Marketing, 2nd Edition. Toronto: Nelson Education

ith the right management, it may be possible for Tanzania to build a sustainable tourist industry gradually based upon historically established trends and the traditional tourism industry transitioning to the new eco-friendly tourism types. These types take into consideration the needs of indigenous peoples and empower them by bringing traditional cultural practices to play in the effort to conserve wildlife and habitats.
orks Cited:

Bauldus, R.D. & Caldwell, A.E. (2004) Tourist hunting and its role in development of wildlife management areas in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: Community ildlife Management Proogramme. Retrieved 1 April 2010 from http://www.cic-wildlife.org/uploads/media/Hunting_Tourism.pdf

Bird, J.F. "Tanzania banking on results from its 1st tourism investment forum." African

Travel Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2010 from http://www.africa-ata.org/tz_investment_forum.htm.

Boniface, B. & Cooper, C.C. (2009) orldwide destinations: the geography of travel and tourism. New York: Elsevier. Retrieved 1 April 2010 from http://books.google.com/books?id=tQzn6q7qsYQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=orldwide+Destinations:+The+Geography+of+Travel+and+Tourism&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Friesner, Tim. (2000-2010). "History of SOT analysis." Marketing Teacher.com.

Retrieved April 1, 2010 from http://www.marketingteacher.com/SOT/history_of_swot.htm

Eagles, P.F.J.…...

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Works Cited:

Friesner, Tim. (2000-2010). "History of SWOT Analysis." Marketing Teacher.com. April 1, 2010, from  http://www.marketingteacher.com/SWOT/history_of_swot.htm 

http://www.esrf.or.tz/global/output/tourism%20in%20Tz.pdf

http://www.cic-wildlife.org/uploads/media/Hunting_Tourism.pdf

 http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/9507IIED.pdf

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As a behavioral health entrepreneur, it is crucial to utilize various methods of analysis to determine which strategies are the best for your business. These analysis methods can help you make informed decisions, understand your target audience, and drive effective outcomes. Here are some key methods to consider:

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