Fundamentals of S.W.O.T. for First Time Managers and Planners
OVERVIEW
S.W.O.T. is a key and fundamental building block in the strategic planning process for many organizations. It is a
required skill in most capstone courses to graduate with a degree in Business
Administration, Marketing or other types of business functions. It is also
discussed in first time manager training programs and is used as a common
language in most MBA curriculum. Yet it has lost some of its lustre and
resilience as a defining business and strategic model over the years.
In the last several decades academicians and
consultants have layered the beauty and simplicity of S.W.O.T. with needless
complications and contrivances that were more self-serving than functional. The
end result being a lumbering kind of dinosaur that was more vestigial than
practical.
We will change that today! By understanding
the fundamentals of S.W.O.T. and how those fundamentals can be applied,
S.W.O.T. will remerge as a tremendously purposeful tool that can assist an
organization in market penetration, vision/mission congruency, and a greater
degree of rapidity toward the vision/mission by activity alignment of
employees.
WHY
SHOULD YOU ATTEND
In personal development an old saying is, “If
you are not making the progress that you would like to make or that you think
you are capable of making it is simply because your goals are not clearly
defined.” In contemporary business we can modify that to say, “If your business
is not making the progress that you would like it to make or that you think it
is capable of making it is simply because your strategy is not clearly
defined.”
S.W.O.T. analysis is a method of understanding
the planning process. It is simple and to the point. S.W.O.T. can form a common
business language within the company’s culture and be utilized throughout the
year, not just during the strategic planning cycle.
Understood correctly, S.W.O.T. strategic
planning process can be an integral part of the daily management process of any
organization. If you are looking for an easy to understand road map to business
strategy success, then understanding S.W.O.T. is essential!
AREAS
COVERED
• Introduction – 5 minutes
• You most critical challenges in managing the direction of your company - 10 minutes
• Why planning is important – 5 minutes
• History of SWOT - 10 minutes
• Defining SWOT strategic planning – 20 minutes
• What is T.O.W.S.? – 10 minutes
• What is P.E.S.T.E.L.? - 10 minutes
• Summary and wrap up – 5 minutes
• Q&A – 15 minutes
• You most critical challenges in managing the direction of your company - 10 minutes
• Why planning is important – 5 minutes
• History of SWOT - 10 minutes
• Defining SWOT strategic planning – 20 minutes
• What is T.O.W.S.? – 10 minutes
• What is P.E.S.T.E.L.? - 10 minutes
• Summary and wrap up – 5 minutes
• Q&A – 15 minutes
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
• Participants will leave with a historical
perspective of SWOT analysis and a firm grasp of the theory behind it as well
as the ability to use SWOT strategic planning
• An understanding of how SWOT analysis fits into the strategic planning process and how to develop S.W.O.T. analysis template
• Participants will also understand TOWS which is a SWOT inversion and what that means to strategic planning
• An understanding of how internal (to the organization) forces and external forces interact
• An understanding of how SWOT analysis fits into the strategic planning process and how to develop S.W.O.T. analysis template
• Participants will also understand TOWS which is a SWOT inversion and what that means to strategic planning
• An understanding of how internal (to the organization) forces and external forces interact
WHO
WILL BENEFIT
“C” Suite and below to the Supervisory Level.
Anyone who had the need to incorporate Palling Skills into their Business
Repertoire.
SPEAKER
Biagio Sciacca, known to his friends as Bill, was a lifelong
resident of Pittston, PA. He is the owner of Intelligent Motivation, Inc. a
global consulting and training firm specializing in management and leadership
training as well as psychological assessment for hiring and staff development.
He is the author of several books relating to goal setting, and his third book,
Provocative Leadership, is publishing soon. Now residing in Tamarindo, Costa
Rica, he divides his time between his international clients, writing his next
book and wandering aimlessly on the beach.
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