This document discusses SWOT analysis, a technique for assessing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business. It provides tips for conducting an effective SWOT analysis, including selecting the right team, using a well-drafted format, and periodically reviewing the analysis. The document also gives examples of internal and external factors that could be considered for each component of a SWOT analysis. Conducting a SWOT analysis can help businesses with strategic planning by providing a clear understanding of success factors, risks, and decisions.
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SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats, and so a SWOT analysis is a technique for assessing these
four aspects of your business
in the book Strategy Safari (1998), management scholar Henry
Mintzberg and colleagues of strategic management, "with its
famous notion of SWOT" emphasizing assessment of a company's
internal and external situations
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Tips for the
best
practices
•Select right team for the analysis
•Design a well drafted format
•Note each aspect of every factor
•Include tangible and intangible
factors
•Skills and knowledge must be
consider as strength and weakness
•Review of the document periodically
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Strengths are internal, positive attributes of your company. These are
things that are within your control.
What business processes are successful?
What assets do you have in your teams? (ie. knowledge, education,
network, skills, and reputation)
What physical assets do you have, such as customers, equipment,
technology, cash, and patents?
What competitive advantages do you have over your competition?
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Abundant Financial Resource
Well known brand name
Lower cost
Superior management team
Knowledge and Skill of the organization
Committed employees
Trust of the customer
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Weaknesses are negative factors that detract from your strengths.
These are things that you might need to improve on to be competitive.
Are there things that your business needs to be competitive?
What business processes need improvement?
Are there tangible assets that your company needs, such as money or
equipment?
Are there gaps on your team?
Is your location ideal for your success?
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Limited Financial resource
Weak Spending on R&D
Very narrow product Range
Limited Distribution and poor skills
Higher cost out of date products /technology
Poor Management skills
Dissatisfaction of the Customer
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Opportunities are external factors in your business environment that
are likely to contribute to your success.
• Is your market growing and are there trends that will encourage
people to buy more of what you are selling?
• Are there upcoming events that your company may be able to take
advantage of to grow the business?
• Are there upcoming changes to regulations that might impact your
company positively?
• If your business is up and running, do customers think highly of you?
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Rapid Market growth
Rival Firm are self-satisfied
Changing customer needs
New Products and technology
Economic booms
Govt. deregulations
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Threats are external factors that you have no control over. You may
want to consider putting in place contingency plans for dealing with
them if they occur.
Do you have potential competitors who may enter your market?
Will suppliers always be able to supply the raw materials you need at
the prices you need?
Could future developments in technology change how you do business?
Is consumer behavior changing in a way that could negatively impact
your business?
Are there market trends that could become a threat?
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Entry of foreign competitors
Introduction of new substitute products
Products life cycle decline
Change on customer mentality, need and taste
Rival firm new strategies
Increased Govt. regulations
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To help decision maker to share and compare ideas
To bring a clear common purpose
To understand the factors for success and failure
To provide linearity of the decision
To break complex decision to systematic one
To help organization self evaluation
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It is very subjective
Pace of updating is very slow
Need too much information and may be not real one
Loss of objectivity
Conflicts factors etc.