SWOT Analysis comprises of factors affecting SWOT along with its benefits & limitations plus practical examples of Pepsi, Ray-Ban, Adidas, Dell company.
A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or business venture. It involves identifying internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) and is used to determine strategies. The document provides an overview of how to conduct a SWOT analysis including brainstorming key factors, populating a SWOT matrix, and developing action plans from the results. It emphasizes that a SWOT analysis is only useful if action plans and strategies are developed.
SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats that you face. It helps you focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you.
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This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, including its purpose, key components, and how to conduct one. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is a planning tool used to evaluate these internal and external factors involved in a project or business venture. The document outlines each of the four components of a SWOT analysis and provides examples. It also discusses who could benefit from conducting a SWOT analysis, the steps to perform one including gathering information, brainstorming, and developing action plans. Finally, the benefits and potential pitfalls of SWOT analysis are summarized.
SWOT analysis is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or business. It involves analyzing internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) as well as external factors (opportunities and threats). A SWOT analysis can be used to develop a plan by maximizing strengths, reducing weaknesses, pursuing opportunities, and avoiding threats.
The document discusses SWOT analysis, which is a framework that evaluates a company's competitive position by assessing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors under a company's control, such as reputation and location. Opportunities and threats are external factors like competitors, prices, and market trends. The SWOT analysis should involve company founders and leaders and gather diverse perspectives through brainstorming to identify strengths to leverage, weaknesses to improve, opportunities to pursue, and threats to mitigate in strategic planning.
Personal SWOT analysis: You should improve your abilities so you need to identify your internal gain and external pain therefore this lesson will help for identify your gain & pain...
PESTEL analysis is a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors (PESTEL) to identify how these external elements influence industries and companies. It breaks down the general environment into six specific segments represented by the letters in PESTEL. Executives use PESTEL analysis to organize factors and understand how they shape business operations and decision-making.
A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or business venture. It involves identifying internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) and is used to determine strategies. The document provides an overview of how to conduct a SWOT analysis including brainstorming key factors, populating a SWOT matrix, and developing action plans from the results. It emphasizes that a SWOT analysis is only useful if action plans and strategies are developed.
SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats that you face. It helps you focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you.
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I tried in this presentation to cover every thing related to SWOT analysis, but of course this presentation without demonstration, examples, individual and group workshops will not be enough to maestro SWOT analysis. To maximize the benefits for all; kindly do not hesitate to send me your comments.
Atef Khayat
dr.atefkhayyat@gmail.com
+966503935414
This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, including its purpose, key components, and how to conduct one. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is a planning tool used to evaluate these internal and external factors involved in a project or business venture. The document outlines each of the four components of a SWOT analysis and provides examples. It also discusses who could benefit from conducting a SWOT analysis, the steps to perform one including gathering information, brainstorming, and developing action plans. Finally, the benefits and potential pitfalls of SWOT analysis are summarized.
SWOT analysis is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or business. It involves analyzing internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) as well as external factors (opportunities and threats). A SWOT analysis can be used to develop a plan by maximizing strengths, reducing weaknesses, pursuing opportunities, and avoiding threats.
The document discusses SWOT analysis, which is a framework that evaluates a company's competitive position by assessing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors under a company's control, such as reputation and location. Opportunities and threats are external factors like competitors, prices, and market trends. The SWOT analysis should involve company founders and leaders and gather diverse perspectives through brainstorming to identify strengths to leverage, weaknesses to improve, opportunities to pursue, and threats to mitigate in strategic planning.
Personal SWOT analysis: You should improve your abilities so you need to identify your internal gain and external pain therefore this lesson will help for identify your gain & pain...
PESTEL analysis is a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors (PESTEL) to identify how these external elements influence industries and companies. It breaks down the general environment into six specific segments represented by the letters in PESTEL. Executives use PESTEL analysis to organize factors and understand how they shape business operations and decision-making.
This document provides information about conducting a SWOT analysis including definitions of its key parts. A SWOT analysis involves analyzing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. It is used as a planning tool to understand these factors for a project, business or organization. The document outlines the steps to conduct a SWOT analysis which are to analyze the internal and external environment, perform the analysis and document it, and prepare action plans. Potential pitfalls and tips for effective SWOT analysis are also discussed.
S-O strategies pursue opportunities that fit a company's strengths. W-O strategies overcome weaknesses to pursue opportunities. S-T strategies identify how strengths can reduce vulnerability to threats. W-T strategies create defensive plans to prevent weaknesses from making a company susceptible to threats.
1) A theory of the business outlines key assumptions about the environment, mission, and core competencies of an organization.
2) Examples are provided of IBM and GM, whose original theories became outdated as realities changed, leading to stagnation.
3) For a theory to be valid, its assumptions must fit reality, be consistent internally, and be understood throughout the organization. The theory also must be constantly tested and updated.
This document provides an introduction and overview of SWOT analysis as a strategic planning tool. It discusses the SWOT framework which involves analyzing internal Strengths and Weaknesses as well as external Opportunities and Threats. The document emphasizes that SWOT analysis is most effective when the appropriate context is defined and when the results are used to strategically match internal factors with external factors to develop a strategic approach. Examples of correctly and incorrectly applying SWOT analysis are also provided.
This presentation giving an idea about the strengths, weaknesse, opportunities and threats of any business. And how a top management of any company identify them for increase their productivity and profit
SWOT analysis - strategic management - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwin
This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis for strategic management. It explains that SWOT analysis involves scanning the internal/external environment to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors, while opportunities and threats are external. The analysis helps match a firm's resources to its competitive environment. The document also describes the four categories in the SWOT matrix and how firms can use different strategies based on their profile, such as pursuing opportunities that leverage strengths or minimizing threats given weaknesses. It was prepared by Manu Melwin Joy for educational purposes.
This document discusses PESTLE analysis, a framework for analyzing the macroenvironmental factors that may impact an organization. It defines each letter of the PESTLE acronym - Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors. For each factor, examples are provided of relevant considerations for analysis. The aims of conducting a PESTLE analysis are also outlined, which is to provide an overview of external factors to inform strategic decision making. A graphical method called PESTLEWeb is described for mapping out the analysis. In conclusion, PESTLE analysis allows businesses to evaluate a wide range of macroenvironmental variables that can influence operations.
This document provides information about performing a personal SWOT analysis, including definitions of its key parts. A SWOT analysis involves evaluating internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats. It is a useful technique to take better decisions, focus on strengths, overcome weaknesses, uncover opportunities, and minimize threats. The document gives examples of questions to consider for analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It also provides tips for conducting a SWOT analysis rigorously and objectively.
The TOWS matrix is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a business venture or project. It involves listing key internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) and generating strategies. There are four types of strategies: SO (utilizing strengths to take advantage of opportunities), WO (overcoming weaknesses by taking advantage of opportunities), ST (using strengths to avoid threats), and WT (minimizing weaknesses and avoiding threats). The TOWS matrix helps identify relationships among these factors to guide strategic decision-making.
This document provides an overview of how to conduct a SWOT analysis for a startup business. It explains that a SWOT analysis involves evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business venture. The analysis starts with defining an objective, then identifying internal and external factors that support or hinder achieving that objective. Key parts of a SWOT analysis include identifying a business's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities in the external environment, and external threats. Conducting a SWOT analysis can help a startup capitalize on its strengths, address weaknesses, invest in opportunities, and identify threats outside of its control. The results of the analysis should then be used to generate goals for the business.
This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, a tool used to evaluate an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It explains that SWOT analysis involves assessing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. The document also outlines how to conduct a SWOT analysis by identifying key questions to consider for each component of the SWOT framework. These include evaluating competitive advantages, areas for improvement, trends in the operating environment, and potential obstacles. The overall purpose of SWOT analysis is to help craft a strategic plan by distinguishing an organization's position relative to competitors.
The document discusses Porter's five forces model for analyzing industry competition. It describes the five competitive forces as the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitute products, the bargaining power of suppliers, the bargaining power of buyers, and rivalry among existing competitors. It explains that analyzing these forces can help companies understand the industry and make strategic decisions.
The document discusses environmental scanning, which involves examining and studying a business's internal and external environment to identify opportunities and threats. It identifies factors in the external environment like economic, demographic, technological, political, and cultural factors. The internal environment includes organizational resources, behavior, capabilities, and strengths/weaknesses. Several analysis tools are discussed, including Porter's Five Forces model, BCG matrix, Porter's generic strategies, and value chain analysis. Adaptive strategies mentioned include prospector, defender, analyzer, and reactor strategies.
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Personal SWOT analysis involves assessing your own internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats in order to effectively plan your career. It is an essential tool to understand yourself and determine the position that best matches your strengths. A personal SWOT analysis can help identify an individual's strengths like time management and teamwork, weaknesses such as poor organization, as well as opportunities for self-improvement or training and potential threats from outside factors.
The document outlines the steps involved in developing a strategic plan, including gathering information through tools like SWOT analysis, defining the vision, mission, values and strategy, setting goals and objectives, and ensuring stakeholders understand and support the strategic vision. It also discusses the importance of benchmarking, developing action plans for each department, and periodically reviewing and adjusting the strategic plan.
The document provides an overview of strategic management. It defines strategy and discusses the different levels of strategy - corporate, business, and functional. It then defines strategic management as setting long-term goals and implementing plans to achieve them. The document outlines the key components of strategic management, including environmental scanning, strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. For strategy formulation, it discusses analyzing the internal and external environment through SWOT analysis to identify the best course of action. It also explains the process of implementing, evaluating, and controlling strategies.
There are several types of strategic alliances that companies can form, including joint ventures, equity alliances, and non-equity alliances. Successful strategic alliances require factors like trust between partners, senior management support, clear goals, compatibility between partners, and a long-term commitment to achieving mutual benefits. Potential pitfalls include a lack of commitment, poor planning, diverging strategies between partners, inflexibility, and unrealistic expectations.
SWOT Analysis for Post-COVID Restrategising and Identification of Busimess Op...leadershipmgtservice
As a crisis management tool, the COIVID 19 SWOT is analysis equally applicable to companies who have activated BCPs (Business Continuity Plans) and those who have no plan and are scrambling or stuck.
A BCP is useful for a one-time (or unchanging) declared event, yet it often overlooks the changing environment of a pandemic.
A SWOT analysis during a pandemic is constantly changing with the changing market conditions and should be re-evaluated during your regular rhythm of work.
A SWOT incorporates the changing environment of this unpredictable business enemy.
If you have no plan in place, the SWOT allows you to immediately focus energy and to communicate the right message to your team.
Offensive defensive strategy, key success factor, strategic group mappingSunny Gandhi
This document discusses key success factors (KSFs) and defensive marketing strategies. It defines KSFs as the competitive elements that most affect a company's ability to prosper in the marketplace, such as specific strategies, product attributes, resources, and capabilities. KSFs determine the difference between profit and loss. The document identifies common types of KSFs and provides examples. It also discusses strategic group mapping to analyze competitors and competitive positions. Finally, it outlines several defensive strategies companies can employ to discourage potential competitors, such as signaling retaliation, fortifying defenses, and continuously improving.
This document provides information about conducting a SWOT analysis including definitions of its key parts. A SWOT analysis involves analyzing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. It is used as a planning tool to understand these factors for a project, business or organization. The document outlines the steps to conduct a SWOT analysis which are to analyze the internal and external environment, perform the analysis and document it, and prepare action plans. Potential pitfalls and tips for effective SWOT analysis are also discussed.
S-O strategies pursue opportunities that fit a company's strengths. W-O strategies overcome weaknesses to pursue opportunities. S-T strategies identify how strengths can reduce vulnerability to threats. W-T strategies create defensive plans to prevent weaknesses from making a company susceptible to threats.
1) A theory of the business outlines key assumptions about the environment, mission, and core competencies of an organization.
2) Examples are provided of IBM and GM, whose original theories became outdated as realities changed, leading to stagnation.
3) For a theory to be valid, its assumptions must fit reality, be consistent internally, and be understood throughout the organization. The theory also must be constantly tested and updated.
This document provides an introduction and overview of SWOT analysis as a strategic planning tool. It discusses the SWOT framework which involves analyzing internal Strengths and Weaknesses as well as external Opportunities and Threats. The document emphasizes that SWOT analysis is most effective when the appropriate context is defined and when the results are used to strategically match internal factors with external factors to develop a strategic approach. Examples of correctly and incorrectly applying SWOT analysis are also provided.
This presentation giving an idea about the strengths, weaknesse, opportunities and threats of any business. And how a top management of any company identify them for increase their productivity and profit
SWOT analysis - strategic management - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwin
This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis for strategic management. It explains that SWOT analysis involves scanning the internal/external environment to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors, while opportunities and threats are external. The analysis helps match a firm's resources to its competitive environment. The document also describes the four categories in the SWOT matrix and how firms can use different strategies based on their profile, such as pursuing opportunities that leverage strengths or minimizing threats given weaknesses. It was prepared by Manu Melwin Joy for educational purposes.
This document discusses PESTLE analysis, a framework for analyzing the macroenvironmental factors that may impact an organization. It defines each letter of the PESTLE acronym - Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors. For each factor, examples are provided of relevant considerations for analysis. The aims of conducting a PESTLE analysis are also outlined, which is to provide an overview of external factors to inform strategic decision making. A graphical method called PESTLEWeb is described for mapping out the analysis. In conclusion, PESTLE analysis allows businesses to evaluate a wide range of macroenvironmental variables that can influence operations.
This document provides information about performing a personal SWOT analysis, including definitions of its key parts. A SWOT analysis involves evaluating internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats. It is a useful technique to take better decisions, focus on strengths, overcome weaknesses, uncover opportunities, and minimize threats. The document gives examples of questions to consider for analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It also provides tips for conducting a SWOT analysis rigorously and objectively.
The TOWS matrix is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a business venture or project. It involves listing key internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) and generating strategies. There are four types of strategies: SO (utilizing strengths to take advantage of opportunities), WO (overcoming weaknesses by taking advantage of opportunities), ST (using strengths to avoid threats), and WT (minimizing weaknesses and avoiding threats). The TOWS matrix helps identify relationships among these factors to guide strategic decision-making.
This document provides an overview of how to conduct a SWOT analysis for a startup business. It explains that a SWOT analysis involves evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business venture. The analysis starts with defining an objective, then identifying internal and external factors that support or hinder achieving that objective. Key parts of a SWOT analysis include identifying a business's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities in the external environment, and external threats. Conducting a SWOT analysis can help a startup capitalize on its strengths, address weaknesses, invest in opportunities, and identify threats outside of its control. The results of the analysis should then be used to generate goals for the business.
This document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, a tool used to evaluate an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It explains that SWOT analysis involves assessing internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. The document also outlines how to conduct a SWOT analysis by identifying key questions to consider for each component of the SWOT framework. These include evaluating competitive advantages, areas for improvement, trends in the operating environment, and potential obstacles. The overall purpose of SWOT analysis is to help craft a strategic plan by distinguishing an organization's position relative to competitors.
The document discusses Porter's five forces model for analyzing industry competition. It describes the five competitive forces as the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitute products, the bargaining power of suppliers, the bargaining power of buyers, and rivalry among existing competitors. It explains that analyzing these forces can help companies understand the industry and make strategic decisions.
The document discusses environmental scanning, which involves examining and studying a business's internal and external environment to identify opportunities and threats. It identifies factors in the external environment like economic, demographic, technological, political, and cultural factors. The internal environment includes organizational resources, behavior, capabilities, and strengths/weaknesses. Several analysis tools are discussed, including Porter's Five Forces model, BCG matrix, Porter's generic strategies, and value chain analysis. Adaptive strategies mentioned include prospector, defender, analyzer, and reactor strategies.
This is a great toolbox of slides for putting together a strategic planning or business planning presentation - either in businesses or as a consultant. It took ages to collect this all and put in one place.
COEPD - Center of Excellence for Professional Development is a primarily aBusiness Analyst and PMP Training Institute in the IT industry of India head quartered at Hyderabad. COEPD is expert in PMP Training and Business Analyst Training in Hyderabad, Chennai,Pune, Mumbai&Vizag. We offer PMP and Business Analyst Training with affordable prices that fit your needs.
COEPD conducts 4-day workshops throughout the year for all participants in various locations i.e. Hyderabad, Pune. The workshops are also conducted on Saturdays and Sundays for the convenience of working professionals.
For More Details Please Contact us:
Visit at http://www.coepd.comorhttp://www.facebook.com/BusinessAnalystTraining
Center of Excellence for Professional Development
3rd Floor, Sahithi Arcade, S R Nagar,
Hyderabad 500 038, India.
Ph# +91 9000155700,
helpdesk@coepd.com
Personal SWOT analysis involves assessing your own internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats in order to effectively plan your career. It is an essential tool to understand yourself and determine the position that best matches your strengths. A personal SWOT analysis can help identify an individual's strengths like time management and teamwork, weaknesses such as poor organization, as well as opportunities for self-improvement or training and potential threats from outside factors.
The document outlines the steps involved in developing a strategic plan, including gathering information through tools like SWOT analysis, defining the vision, mission, values and strategy, setting goals and objectives, and ensuring stakeholders understand and support the strategic vision. It also discusses the importance of benchmarking, developing action plans for each department, and periodically reviewing and adjusting the strategic plan.
The document provides an overview of strategic management. It defines strategy and discusses the different levels of strategy - corporate, business, and functional. It then defines strategic management as setting long-term goals and implementing plans to achieve them. The document outlines the key components of strategic management, including environmental scanning, strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. For strategy formulation, it discusses analyzing the internal and external environment through SWOT analysis to identify the best course of action. It also explains the process of implementing, evaluating, and controlling strategies.
There are several types of strategic alliances that companies can form, including joint ventures, equity alliances, and non-equity alliances. Successful strategic alliances require factors like trust between partners, senior management support, clear goals, compatibility between partners, and a long-term commitment to achieving mutual benefits. Potential pitfalls include a lack of commitment, poor planning, diverging strategies between partners, inflexibility, and unrealistic expectations.
SWOT Analysis for Post-COVID Restrategising and Identification of Busimess Op...leadershipmgtservice
As a crisis management tool, the COIVID 19 SWOT is analysis equally applicable to companies who have activated BCPs (Business Continuity Plans) and those who have no plan and are scrambling or stuck.
A BCP is useful for a one-time (or unchanging) declared event, yet it often overlooks the changing environment of a pandemic.
A SWOT analysis during a pandemic is constantly changing with the changing market conditions and should be re-evaluated during your regular rhythm of work.
A SWOT incorporates the changing environment of this unpredictable business enemy.
If you have no plan in place, the SWOT allows you to immediately focus energy and to communicate the right message to your team.
Offensive defensive strategy, key success factor, strategic group mappingSunny Gandhi
This document discusses key success factors (KSFs) and defensive marketing strategies. It defines KSFs as the competitive elements that most affect a company's ability to prosper in the marketplace, such as specific strategies, product attributes, resources, and capabilities. KSFs determine the difference between profit and loss. The document identifies common types of KSFs and provides examples. It also discusses strategic group mapping to analyze competitors and competitive positions. Finally, it outlines several defensive strategies companies can employ to discourage potential competitors, such as signaling retaliation, fortifying defenses, and continuously improving.
The document provides an overview of SWOT analysis, including its history and development at Stanford Research Institute from 1960-1970. It describes the key components of a SWOT analysis - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats - and how they relate to an organization's internal and external environment. Examples are given of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for companies like McDonald's and Nokia to illustrate how a SWOT analysis can be conducted.
SWOT analysis is a tool used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or business venture. It involves identifying internal strengths and weaknesses of the organization and external opportunities and threats in the environment. The analysis is typically displayed as a matrix and is used to develop a strategy by matching internal strengths with external opportunities and converting internal weaknesses into strengths by addressing threats in the environment. Regularly updating the SWOT analysis helps organizations effectively plan how to respond to changes.
The document provides an overview of industry and competitor analysis. It discusses analyzing industries to understand environmental trends, business trends, and key questions to assess industry attractiveness. It also covers analyzing competitors to identify direct, indirect, and future competitors. Tools discussed include Porter's Five Forces model to evaluate competitive forces in an industry, and a competitive analysis grid to organize information about competitors. The goal of industry and competitor analysis is to help firms understand opportunities and position themselves strategically within their industry.
This document provides an overview of key dimensions to consider when conducting a market analysis. It discusses determining market attractiveness and understanding market dynamics. The dimensions covered include emerging submarkets, actual and potential market/submarket size, growth, profitability, cost structure, distribution systems, trends, and key success factors. It also discusses relevance versus preference, strategies to gain relevance, and Porter's five forces model for analyzing industry profitability.
Developing a marketing plan for the first timer can be daunting, here we present a user friendly guidebook on the key steps, inputs and take the reader through the development of a marketing plan from start to finish
This document provides information on conducting a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for e-business. It discusses why SWOT analyses are useful, outlining their objective to identify critical factors affecting an organization and help develop strategies. The core components of a SWOT - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats - are explained. Examples of questions to ask for each component are provided. An example SWOT is then given for e-commerce itself. Finally, the document encourages picking a company and doing a fast SWOT matrix as an exercise.
The document provides an overview of conducting a competitor analysis. It discusses identifying competitors and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. It also outlines constructing a competitor array by defining the industry, determining key competitors, customers, and competitor strengths. The document then discusses aspects to profile for competitors such as background, financials, products, marketing, facilities, personnel, and strategies. It also notes the importance of monitoring competitors through media scanning and provides sources of competitor information. Potential new competition and competitive blind spots are also addressed.
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This document discusses various strategies for international competition. It begins by outlining three strategic orientations for international operations: ethnocentrism, polycentrism, and geocentrism. Next, it explores factors that facilitate international expansion such as market saturation, political reasons, cheap labor, and competitive pressures. The document then provides guidance on evaluating target countries and developing a strategic plan for foreign market entry. Finally, it discusses approaches for managing a portfolio of subsidiaries abroad and various value chain configurations for international operations.
This document discusses corporate strategy and strategic management. It begins by defining strategy as a company's plan to attract customers, position itself in the market, compete successfully, and achieve objectives. A strategy must evolve in response to competitors, customers, technology, and market conditions. The document then discusses strategic vision, mission statements, core competencies, competitive advantage, and strategic analysis including PEST and Porter's Five Forces frameworks. It emphasizes that strategic management involves developing a strategic vision, analyzing the internal and external environment, and executing the strategy.
The document provides information about SWOT analysis, including:
- SWOT is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. It is a technique used to assess these internal and external factors for a business or project.
- The SWOT analysis framework involves identifying the strengths and weaknesses (internal factors) as well as the opportunities and threats (external factors) involved in a project or in a business venture.
- The document defines each element of SWOT - strengths as internal advantages, weaknesses as internal disadvantages, opportunities as external favorable factors, and threats as external unfavorable factors. It provides examples for each.
- Guidance is given
The document discusses various strategic frameworks that can be used to analyze business problems and opportunities. It includes frameworks for analyzing declining profits, increasing profitability, increasing capacity, competitive response, new product introduction, international expansion, pricing strategies, investment decisions, mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeover defense, entering new markets, industry analysis, starting a new business, and turnarounds. Diagrams are provided to illustrate frameworks like the BCG matrix, GE-McKinsey matrix, Ansoff matrix, Porter's diamond, and value chain.
This document analyzes alternatives to increase international sales for Walmart from 9.1% to 15% in the next fiscal year. It identifies Walmart's strengths as its financial strength, global stores, and retail experience. Weaknesses include downward sales trends and traditional management. Opportunities exist in expanding to developing markets like Southeast Asia. Threats include aggressive competition and healthy lifestyle trends. The best alternative identified is expanding through joint partnerships in Southeast Asia, as it offers the highest potential profitability, cost efficiency, and manpower utilization.
The document discusses market segmentation and the process of dividing markets into distinct subsets of consumers. It describes important elements of segmentation like unique consumer needs and marketing strategies for each segment. The segmentation process involves identifying segments, determining segment attractiveness based on factors like market size and growth, and developing positioning strategies tailored to each segment. Market segments are tested and the most attractive segments are selected based on opportunities for profit. The document outlines various segmentation strategies including mass marketing, multisegment, sequential segment, and niche strategies.
This document outlines a SWOT analysis template for analyzing an organization. It defines each element of a SWOT analysis: Strengths as internal advantages, Weaknesses as internal limitations, Opportunities as external favorable factors, and Threats as external unfavorable factors. An example SWOT analysis is provided for a telecommunications company. The conclusion states that SWOT analysis involves gathering internal and external information to help identify strategies by matching strengths to opportunities or converting threats and weaknesses into strengths.
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2. The central purpose of SWOT Analysis is
to Identify the strategies that will create
a firm specific business model that will
best align, fit or match an
organizational resource &capabilities to
the demand of the environment in which
it operates. Strategic managers
compare & contrast the various
alternative possible strategies against
each other with respect to their ability
to achieve major goals & superior
profitability.
3. The comparison of Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities & Threats is normally referred to as
SWOT Analysis.
•Strength: An inherent capacity of the org which it
can use to gain strategic advantage over its
competitors.
•Weakness: An inherent limitation or constraint of
the org that creates strategic disadvantage to it.
•Opportunity: A favourable condition in the org’s
environment which enables it to strengthen its
position.
•Threat: An unfavourable condition in the org’s
environment which causes a risk for, or damage to, the
org’s position.
4.
5. STRENGTH
•A powerful strategy supported by competitively
valuable skills & experience in key areas.
•Ample financial resources to grow the business.
•Strong brand name, image/company reputation.
•Cost advantages
•Strong advertising & promotion.
•Superior skills in supply chain management.
•Ability to take advantage of economies of scale or
learning & experience curve effects.
•A widely recognized market leader & attractive
customer base.
6. WEAKNESS
•Subpar profitability; no cost control measures or
cost accounting practices.
•Plagued with internal operating problems.
•A product line that is too narrow in comparison to
that of its rivals.
•Lots of underutilized plant capabilities.
•Short financial resources.
•Not able to attract new customers.
•Weak brand image or reputation.
•Behind on product quality &/or R&D &/or
technological know how.
7. OPPORTUNITY
•Serving additional customer groups or expanding into new
geographic markets or product segments.
•Expanding the co. product line to meet a broader range of
customer needs.
•Using the Internet & e-commerce technologies to
dramatically cut cost &/or to pursue new sales growth
opportunities.
•Integrating forward or backward.
•Falling trade barriers in attractive foreign markets.
•Acquisition of rival firms or companies with attractive
technological expertise.
•Alliances & joint ventures that expand the firm’s market
coverage or boost its competitive capability.
8. THREAT
•Likely entry of potent new competitors.
•Loss of sales to substitute products.
•Slow down in market growth.
•Mounting competition from new internet start-
ups pursuing e-commerce strategies.
•Adverse shifts in foreign exchange rates.
•Growing bargaining powers of customers &
suppliers.
•Costly new regulatory requirements.
•Vulnerability to industry driving forces.
•Adverse demographic changes.
10. BENEFITS
❖ SWOT Analysis helps in setting of objectives
for strategic planning.
❖Provides framework for identifying &
analysing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
& threats.
❖Provides an impetus to analyse a situation &
develop suitable strategies & tactics.
❖Basis for assessing core capabilities &
competencies.
❖Provides a stimulus to participation in a
group exercise.
❖Evidence for, and cultural key to change.
11. LIMITATIONS
❖May cause organisation to view the circumstances
as very simple due to which certain key strategic
contact may be overlooked.
❖Categorizing aspects as strengths, weakness,
opportunity & threat might be very subjective as
there is a great degree of uncertainty in market.
❖To be effective, SWOT needs to conducted
regularly. The pace of the change makes it difficult
to anticipate developments.
❖The data used in the analysis may be based on
assumptions that subsequently proved to be
unfounded ( good or bad ).
❖It lacks detailed structure, so key elements may
get missed.
13. STRENGTH
•Biggest PC maker in the World.
•They deal directly with the
customers with no use of a middle
men.
•They design the computer to the
customer’s specifications.
•They ship around one hundred &
forty thousand computers in a day.
WEAKNESS
•They build computers, not develop
them.
•They do not have unique technologies
to offer the market.
•They have weak relationships with
many computer retailers.
•Dealing with a large amount of
supplies from many different countries
can cause a large issue when products
are recalled.
OPPORTUNITY
•The introduction of new & enticing
products to the customers.
•Maintaining & expanding the one stop
shopping abilities are offered to their
customers.
•Broadening their scopes in India,
Europe & China.
•Continuing the market on the internet
to gain larger market bases.
THREAT
•Fluctuations in the currency
markets can make global business
operations more open to certain
losses in areas of the supply chain.
•Tariff trade barriers affecting their
positions in multiple countries.
•Increasingly lower prices for
products amount of their
competitors.
14. STRENGTH
•Long standing & well established
brand.
•Appeal to many generations
•High quality & durable.
•Provides numerous styles & color
options.
WEAKNESS
•Costly product
•Exclusivity of distribution channels.
OPPORTUNITY
•Raise awareness about the
importance of the protective lenses.
•Chance for brand extension &
expansion.
•Campaign such as Never Hide &
Define Yourself.
THREAT
•In hard economic times, people buy
less designer products.
•Many stores sell cheaper versions of
Ray-Ban inspired sunglasses.
•Consumers brand loyalty to other
sunglasses brand.
15. STRENGTH
•Worldwide presence in 200
countries.
•Long list of product line such as
football, running, basketball, etc.
•Sponsorship to various sports &
events like Olympics, Streetball,
etc.
•Largest market share in Europe.
WEAKNESS
•Limited exposure to U.S. market.
•Poor customer service.
•Limited budget allocated to
advertisement.
•Few influential athletes in Brand
Portfolio.
OPPORTUNITY
•Tie up with local market player to
boost the sale volume.
•Has a global opportunity to
expand international market :
Retail outlet & e-commerce.
•Positive & increasing market
trends can increase through the
effective advertising ( for
technology driven products ).
THREAT
•Adidas biggest competitor
NIKE has a greater market share
& having a big budget in
marketing activity.
•Amount of competitors
increasing day by day such as
Reebok, CAT, GAP, New Balance.
•Global Economic crisis.
16. STRENGTH
•Enjoys a High-Profile Global
Presence.
•Aggressive marketing strategies.
•A broad portfolio of products.
•Owns the World’s second best
selling brand.
WEAKNESS
•Carbonates market is in
decline.
•They only target young
people.
OPPORTUNITY
•Growth in tea & Asian
beverages.
•Increased consumer concerns
in comparison to bottled water.
•Growth in the functional drinks
industry.
THREAT
•Obesity & health concerns.
•Increased marketing &
innovation by Coke.
•Restriction to only N.
America as target market.
17. CONCLUSION
Faced with a constantly changing
environment, each business needs to
develop a marketing information system to
track trends & developments, which can be
categorized ats an opportunity or a threat .
The company has to review its strength &
weakness in the background of the
environment’s opportunities & threats i.e.
an organization’s SWOT Analysis.