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Swot Analysis Of Boys And Girls Club

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For the Boys and Girls Club (BGC) the importance of having a strategic plan when threats to donations arise such as natural disasters, which cause the attention to be drawn to victims and cuts from donations. Having a strategic plan in place when such events occur ready the Boys and Girls Club for what is about to occur and can limit any harm done. The strategic plan implemented by management will be the process the Boys and Girls Club take to maintain a competitive advantage. Having a competitive advantage gives the Boys and Girls Club the edge compared to others in the same industry, the donations. Having a competitive advantage over others in the same industry could be the reason why Boys and Girls Club succeeds and stays operating over …show more content…

Boys and Girls Club must consider factors such as existing competitors, resources, and customers. Using Porters Five-forces model Boys and Girls Club can analyze the competition. The five forces include treat of new entrants, bargaining power of buyers, bargaining power of suppliers, substitute products and services, and intensity of rivalry among comps in the industry. The threat of new competition means new charities or nonprofits entry the industry and that can threaten donations Boys and Girls Club receive and those donations can go to the new organization instead of Boys and Girls Club. This is a strong force because new charities and nonprofits arise almost every day and can quickly take over market share of existing organizations. New entrants into the nonprofit industry can be higher when a natural disaster occurs because people are more likely to ask for help. Bargaining power of buyers in this instance would be the people receiving donations from charities and nonprofits such as Boys and Girls Club. People that donate to Boys and Girls Club want to guarantee that their contributions are going to people in need and not into a scam, if the donations are not going for the right cause people will stop donating and that can result in hurting Boys and Girls Club in the long run, this force is also a strong one because if people do not donate because their funds are not ending up in the right place they can cease all donations and many people might do the same, which in the long run can make the organization shut down. Bargaining power of suppliers also again the donators, Boys and Girls Club can only operate and stay open to help others if people are willing to donate. This is a strong force also considering that Boys and Girls Club heavily depend on donates to operate and help people across the country, without those donations the organization could cease to exist.

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