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S: Strengths
W: Weakness
O: Opportunities
T: Threats
A swot analysis is the tool that identifies strengths, weakness, opportunities and
threats that an organization face
Swot analysis provide information that is helpful in matching firms resources and
capabilities to the competitive environment that a firm operates
The strengths and weaknesses comes from within the firm while opportunities and
threats arise on the external environment that a firm serve.
Swot analysis is also sometimes known as SWOC analysis, where “S” stands as
strengths, “W” as weakness, “O” opportunities and “C” as constraints which
actually same as threats
These are the characteristics of the business that give it
an advantage over others.
They are the qualities that enable a firm to accomplish
its mission. These are the basis on which continued
success can be made and continued/sustained
A firm need to ask itself the following questions
i. What advantages does the firm have that others do
not have?
ii. What do they better than anyone else?
iii. What personal resources do they have access to?
POTENTIAL INTERNAL STRENGTHS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
( EXAMPLES OF INTERNAL STRENGTHS)