SWOT Analysis of King Abdullah Hospital: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

NRS 623: Leadership and Management in Nursing (Practical)
Assignment No. 2
SWOT Analysis Template
Definition/Purpose: The SWOT analysis is a great framework to explore the advantages and
disadvantages an organization, department or individual has in a particular situation. Use the
template below as a tool for collecting, summarizing and prioritizing areas of focus.
Instructions:
1. Under each of the PRIMO-F factors list the relevant Strengths and Weaknesses of your
organization.
2. List the Opportunities and Threats from your PESTLE analysis below.
3. Next consider the combination of these factors, generate some options or alternative
strategies for action.
SWOT Analysis
on ___King Abdullah Hospital, Mecca________________ (organization name)
Hospital Background / Situation __
The King Abdullah Medical City based at Makkah is a premiere healthcare organization with a
bed capacity of 1550 (Esmo.org 2019). The specialized hospital is located at Makkah in Saudi
Arabia. The medical city constitutes of three campuses. The specialized hospital campus hosts
a bed strength of 550 beds and contains multiple special units such as Cardiovascular unit,
Neurosciences, Oncology and Specialized surgery centers. The other center is the oncology
center located at Jeddah and the third campus would be established between Jeddah and
Makkah with a hospital bed capacity of 1000 beds. The third center would an educational as
well research center as well (Esmo.org 2019).
Date of SWOT Analysis __11__/___03_/20__
Internal
Factors
Strengths (PRIMO-F)
 People
 An employee strength of 1001-
5000 employees
 Employee expertise in different
medical field
 Operation-control
 Affordable care facilities
 Multiple patient management
ability within stipulated time
 Effective communication between
Weaknesses (PRIMO-F)
 People
 Unable to show empathy to
patients due to increased work load
 Culturally incompetent to treat
patients of diverse cultural origin
 Operation-control
 Lack of individualized care for
patients
 Presence of communication gap
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