Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threat (SWOT) Analysis
VA’s strengths and weaknesses are built based on the Value Chain assessment and SWOT analysis from the Department of Veteran Affairs FY 2011-2015 and FY 2014-2020 Strategic Plans. The Environmental Scanning was conducted and discussed relative to VA’s competition…, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. In doing so, this analysis starts with the identified the strengths and weaknesses in the following graphs.
VA strengths:
Service Delivery
It provides a broad range of the quality and accessibility of primary care, specialized care, related medical and social benefits and services support for Veterans and their eligible beneficiaries, such as vocational rehabilitation, Veterans’
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I CARE - the acronym of VA’s five core values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence including its characteristics as Trustworthy, Accessible, Quality, Agile, Innovative, and Integrate, defines VA 's culture and how VA cares for Veterans and eligible beneficiaries. VA’s core competencies affect the outcomes in daily interactions with Veterans and eligible beneficiaries and remind VA employees of the importance of their role in Department. VA’s core values guide how VA perform its mission, align its strategy, and support the execution of VA 's missions and decisions made within VA. With the sporting of three guideline principles - people-centric, results-driven, and forward-looking, VA is able to adapt the cultural change, achieve problem solving and decision-making …show more content…
Workforce diversity, such as team diversity, or racial diversity, or gender diversity, is the key component for excellent performance because it guidelines VA employees understand and provide the best services to the diverse population of Veterans who they serve. Moreover, VA medical providers rank high in professionalism, and the employees are passionate, energetic, and dedicated to their jobs and organization which leads to optimum organizational performance in serving Veterans. VA leads all cabinet level agencies in the employment and hiring of individuals with targeted disabilities. The ACSI ranks VA customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.* Human Capital Investment Plan (HCIP) has facilitated VA 's human resources and administration office to launch critical initiatives and build infrastructure that support them, including speed in recruiting, hiring, and retention.*Assessment and Accountability Framework (HCAAF)—is a performance management system that differentiates between high and low levels of performance and links individual/team/unit performance to organizational goals and desired
Veteran United Home Loans Introduction The Veteran United Home Loans was found in 2002 as private financial services and insurance and is the 27th out of 100 best companies to work for according to Fortune (2017); it is one of the nation’s largest private lenders that provides loans to military veterans and their families (http://fortune.com/best-companies/veterans-united-home-loans/). The value of Veterans United Home Loans offers the best, quality customer service in various ways; they strive to be the best provider of VA mortgages as a resource to military veteran homebuyers and their families, so their services can be recognized as valuable and unique to further maintain the leadership in the Veteran Administration (VA) Loan industry. In
Currently, the nonprofit helps and serves 92, 351 military veterans and 20,238 military family members gain access to four programs, mind, body, economic empowerment and encouragement. (Who We Serve, 2916) Weakness: Documents have shown that only 60% of the funds that have been donated have been used on the veterans in need. This means that 40% of the nonprofit’s fund have been misallocated and used on executive’s salaries, company conferences, travel expenses and luxury amenities.
The first area of the worksheets for human resources shows us that there are 35 possible points that the organization can score for Work Systems, then the next area, Employee Learning, and Motivation is worth 25 possible points, and with the last area, Employee Well-Being and Satisfaction being worth 25 possible points. The team will be able to look at each of these areas of the human resource department to determine their business and homeland security readiness. Each of these three areas will also allow for the Assessment Team to look at the evidence produced from the evaluation of the department to set out goals that should be met by the department to increase their compliance with concerns of the Homeland Security Plan (Newmann,
Introduction The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), in accordance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 2010, in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has committed to making the VA performance more transparent and accessible. In order to achieve the strategic goals, objectives of the VA and the nested goals of Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), the Undersecretary for Benefits (USB) has directed implementation of an initiative with the goal of eliminating the use of the current End Product (EP) code system as a method of tracking the workload within VBA. Business Case Currently, VBA Manual 21-4, dated July 24, 2015 prescribes the use of an End Product (EP) system to facilitate accurate control
One is the VA 's Spina Bifida Healthcare Program, which provides coverage for expenses incurred for medical services and supplies to treat spina bifida. The other is the CWVV, Children of Women Vietnam Veterans, which provides coverage for individuals suffering from certain condition. To qualify, an individual must have been conceived by female Vietnam War veteran during her deployment. Caregiver Benefits. Family members who are full-time caregivers for disabled veterans can receive stipends through the VA to cover certain expenses that accompany the care giving.
The Effect of Poor Health and Unemployment On Homelessness Among Veterans According to the Homeless Research Institute, veterans compose more of the homeless population than they do the civilian population, formulating only 11% of civilian life compared to 26% of homeless population (Veterans Inc.). Although not all veterans wear camouflage, all face similar struggles upon returning to civilian life. Unfortunately as they return to civilian life their needs hinder. As a result, veterans face a future of poverty, illness, and above all, homelessness.
Discharged veterans need more specific and efficient non-criteria based services including transitional services, higher education and homelessness prevention. One way to help veterans transition successfully to civilian life is by having specific and efficient non-criteria based transitional services. For instance, when a vet has been discharged, they
Veteran Benefits The issue of veteran benefits in the United States is not taken as seriously as it should be in our country, even though it is a growing problem that needs to be addressed. The lack of available funding for veterans is especially obvious when compared to that available for lower income citizens, or even illegal immigrants. Also, what does exist appears to fall short in taking care of veteran’s needs. Considering that these veterans are people who have risked their lives fighting for this country, the fact that they are not receiving immediate benefits or even what they have earned is unfair.
The solutions offered by the Department of Veterans as of today some of them are working others need some improvement. For example, they have 30 openings in which 20 of them are a combination of nurses and specialty doctors. The partnerships between VA and the public sector increase access to care and better serve veterans, but red tape slow the process. The Minute Clinic in which veterans can be served the same day using the Veterans Choice Program to treat minor illnesses and injuries, is a quick solution to the problem.
Our Warriors Today there is an outrage in our Veteran community of how terrible the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and their lack of caring and funding for our heroes. In this paper I will give facts on how terrible this problem really is, whether it is our homeless Veterans, Veterans who die waiting for help from the VA because they cannot afford other healthcare, or the horrid waiting times in order to get any help.
Premier Inn is a famous British hotel brand with over 700 facilities worldwide. Being founded by Whitbread in the year 1987, the company is the result of a merge between Premier Lodge and Travel Inn. Premier Inn hotels operate under the strategic partnership between the leading international companies and Britain’s leading hospitality firm Whitbread PLC. This allows enhancing the popularity of the Premier Inn brand all over the world.
The strategic programs have increased minority representation and have enabled the Army to reflect American society. These programs combined with emphasis on broadening assignments as integral element of leader development has allowed the Army to benefit from two positive results of diversity (Erbe, 2014). An inclusive Army is known to be a positive manifestation of nation for espoused commitment to equality and it is specifically important while deploying because Army represents America all across the globe. The cognitive diversity gained by exposing leaders to
SWOT Analysis Before we implemented our opioid addiction and rehabilitation service, it was important for us to examine what obstacles we might face and need to overcome as well as what we might be able use in our favor to help with our service. We performed a SWOT analysis to help identify the external opportunities and threats that were present as well as our internal strengths and weaknesses so that we might more efficiently jumpstart our service. External SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis, 1-10. Zarestky, J., & Cole, C. S. (2017). Strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results: An emerging approach to organization development. New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 29(1),
Strengths: As a student one of my strengths is organization. I can say I can keep my school materials and notebooks organized in a way that I and others can comprehend. The reason I can say I am organized is because, I have hardly ever had in the past or present any issues with trying to find homework or assignments because I always kept my materials for each class organized and in a place I could easily find. Another strength I have is social skills. I can believe that I communicate with others well in a group.