A SWOT Analysis—Organizational Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
You are the newly appointed warden of the Cedarville County Jail. Because there are many problems existing in the jail administration in Cedarville, you've been brought in as a change agent. You've come to your position from a previous position in Illinois in the same capacity. You're known there for being an entrepreneurial and transformational leader. You'll bring with you part of your strategic management team: your deputy warden for human resources and your deputy warden for administration.
The jail in Cedarville is a recently built incarceration facility with the latest PBBcurity technology and inmate housing for the two separate parts of the jail: the Adult Offenders Facility and the Juvenile Facility. The physical space serves as a model for this type of incarceration facility. There is a willingness on the part of the county government to put additional revenue and resources into the facility to make it work—you have a honeymoon period of two years to do this.
Among the issues raised in your appointment documents as CEO to this facility are the following: Security issues and keeping inmates inside the prison are the paramount concerns. Beyond this, strategic management needs to be strengthened with additional talent in the area of financial management. The accounting system is in disarray.
There are employee morale problems. Officers aren't properly trained in the use of restraint and safety techniques. There are some drug and alcohol abuse problems among the employees. Women have traditionally been employed only in the lower clerical ranks. The jail has a macho culture, which the county wants to see changed to a more care-taking culture with an emphasis on rehabilitation and training for inmates and a special-needs program for juvenile offenders. Counseling, library and chaplain services are not available to staff or inmates. The organization could outsource (privatize) gardening, laundry, and janitorial services more cheaply than by keeping these services:In-Nose.
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