Systems Thinking in Marketing 2
Part1:(300 Words)
Complete a SWOT Analysis of your organization(Mention that it is a Homecare organization in general, no specific name). Use the SWOT Analysis Worksheet and complete the following steps:
Complete a preliminary walk around the organization to scan the environment for strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities, and potential threats (e.g., workflows, products, personnel, processes).
Follow up with additional research that may provide clarity on elements you are hesitant or indecisive to list.
Review your Systems Thinking Diagram from Competency 1(Systems Reflection document attached) and determine if there are any details you can add or adjustments you can make to enhance your understanding of the organizational system.
Write an objective for your SWOT analysis.
List the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities, and potential threats.
Select the items that should be prioritized.
Cite 3 reputable references to support your SWOT Analysis (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
Use the worksheet I have provided as a guideline for the SWOT Analysis
After completing the SWOT Analysis, select the areas in need of improvement, and narrow down the list of places to do your Gemba walk.
Part 2 600 words
Write a 600-word approx report on your observations of your Gemba walk in which you:
Summarize the organization (e.g., products or services, mission and vision).
Explain where you focused your Gemba Walk and why.
Provide Gemba observations.
What was the goal of your Gemba?
Where did you go?
What did you observe?
Who did you observe?
Give a preliminary analysis of your observations.
List key takeaways.
List one long-term and three short-term opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process.
Cite any references that support your work (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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When doing the assignment, please note that.
1. The information should be related to challenges , problems and solutions that you can apply to a homecare, long-term residential care or geriatric care setting so research on what a Gemba Walk is and identify the general problems, opportunities, inefficiencies etc you can find in any homecare organization setting
3. A lot of the content is already online. I am aware that this particular assignment is on CourseHero. You can use the assignment as a guideline but DO NOT PLAGIARISE!!!! I will check for Plagiarism using Plagscan
Now that you have completed a Gemba walk where you have gathered information about the organization and identified opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process, it is time to take a closer look at these potential improvements and get to the root cause of why the issues are occurring. After reviewing these potential opportunities for improvements, you will analyze how you can apply systems thinking at the strategic level for your organization.
Create either a Five Whys or a Fishbone diagram for each of the opportunities (two short-term and one long-term) that you identified during your Gemba walk. Work through each step of the Five Whys or Fishbone processes to find the root cause(s) of each problem and the potential opportunity for its solution within your organization.
Review the SWOT Analysis you completed in Competency 2 along with the diagram you completed above. Focus on the bigger picture that addresses your organization’s overall strategy in terms of the strengths and opportunities you identified.
Prepare a 500- to 700-word strategy proposal that identifies 3 key organization strengths and the role they play in identifying and building upon 3 key opportunities that fit your organization’s overall strategy.
Identify the following in your strategy proposal:
Elements of “chaos,” identified through your Five Whys or Fishbone diagram, that can be turned into “butterfly effects” or potential large-scale strategic opportunities for your organization
Potential opportunities for projects that apply creativity in the solution of identified “chaotic” issues or problems within your organization
Potential leverage points that will help your organization build on a strength(s) to take advantage of strategic opportunities
Describe how chaos theory applies to your strategic opportunities.
Prepare a final systems thinking diagram that focuses on strategic project opportunities for your organization.
Cite 3 reputable references to support your diagram and paper (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
Format your citations according to APA7 guidelines.
