What is swot
Analysis of where your business currently is
What does swot stand for
Strengths - what your business does well
Weakness - what your business does poorly
Opportunity - what is happening outside your business you can take advantage of
Threats - what is happening outside your business that can harm the business
The point of swot
We can use our strengths to exploit opportunities whist but building up insurances for threats and solving weaknesses
Benefits of swot
Increases motivation
Identify weaknesses and assess whether to improve them
Identify threats to contingency plans
Limitations of swot
Vague
Does not make decisions
Doesn’t provide any actual planning