Reference no: EM132872102

Introduction:

The Nursing Home Administrator has set up a meeting with his team of administrators and asked for their input on a test of their All Hazards Continuity of Operations Plan. Bob believes there is no substitute for experiential learning and wants to have a real-time scenario, acting out an All Hazards Disaster.

Tasks:

Case Study Fifty-Three: Is Whispering Willows Nursing Home Prepared for a Disaster?

Read the above case study; your task would be to evaluate this case study utilizing the format below. Make sure to include at least two scholarly/peer-reviewed articles to help support your evaluation.

Case Study Evaluation

• Background Statement: What is going on in this case as it relates to the identified major problem?
• What are (only) the key points a reader needs to know in order to understand how you will "solve" the case?
• Briefly describe the organization, setting, situation, who is involved, who decides what, etc. Specifically identify the major problems and secondary issues.
• What are the real issues? What are the differences? Can secondary issues become major problems?
• Include a SWOT analysis of the organization
• Declare a role as either chief administrator in the case or an outside consultant called in to advise.
• why you chose that role is this role chosen? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the selected role?
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses that exist in relation to the major problem. the identified strengths and weaknesses should include those at the managerial level of the problem.
• Find out alternatives and recommend a solution.
• Describe the two to three alternative solutions you came up with. What feasible strategies would you recommend? What are the pros and cons? State what should be done-why, how, and by whom. Evaluate how the organization will know the goals are met.
• Besides Money what else can be measured? What evaluation plan can be put in place to assess whether or not goals have been reached?