An organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges, and threats (SWOC/T) must be identified at the beginning of the strategic planning process.
You are part of a team of external criminal justice professionals who are tasked with conducting a SWOC/T environmental assessment for a city/organization that has been the subject of budget cuts and/or a defund the police movement, which reduces their overall operating budget by 10%. The contracting organization’s governing board would like a professional environmental and climate assessment report to gauge the impact these budget cuts would have on the organization. They also want to understand how the strategic planning process would be utilized to accommodate these changes.
Review the following examples: Conduct an Environmental Scan and Conduct a SWOT Analysis to assist you with conducting your SWOC/T assessment.
Select a security or criminal justice organization that has been the subject of recent budget cuts or police defunding in your state.
Conduct a SWOC/T assessment that includes the following:
Strengths of the organization
Weaknesses of the organization
Opportunities available to the organization
Challenges and threats to the organization
Conclusions drawn from the result of the SWOC/T assessment
Develop a 700- to1,050-word executive summary of the SWOC/T assessment. Include a strategic approach to report on the budget issues. Be sure to address how the strategic planning process will incorporate the SWOC/T assessment to analyze this situation, aid in decision-making, and allocate resources moving forward.
Cite at least 3 outside references to support your assignment.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.
Part 2
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that details organizational tenets. How are these tenets incorporated into strategic planning while highlighting and analyzing organizational relationships and adhering to organizational regulatory mandates?
Include the following in your presentation:
A brief description of the criminal justice or security organization you selected, with instructor approval
Introduction highlighting the presentation’s major points
Organizational vision
Organizational mission
Organizational values
Process for incorporating the vision, mission, and values into strategic planning
Description of organizational mandates that must be considered when analyzing the strategic planning process
How organizational relationships are analyzed and integrated into organizational tenets and strategic plans
Conclusion summarizing the presentation’s major points.
For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with speaker notes. Speaker notes should address what you would say in an oral presentation.
Cite at least 2 outside references to support your assignment.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.