SWOT Analysis: A Management Tool for Initiating New Programs in Vocational Schools

Balamuralikrishna, Radha; Dugger, John C.

doi:10.21061/jcte.v12i1.498

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“…It has also been used in community assessments for community mobilization for health and welfare (Minkler, 2012). In an academic environment, Balamuralikrishna and Dugger (1995) noted that understanding internal factors, that is, strengths and weaknesses, as well as external factors, that is, threats and opportunities, can facilitate forming a future vision for a program or initiative. Because our course was newly developed and related to community mobilization, we chose to use the SWOT framework to guide the formulation of our research questions to gain insight into needed course improvements as well as ways to strengthen campus-community partnerships.…”

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This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary undergraduate course embedded within a campus–community partnership initiative involving McMaster University School of Nursing, and three urban priority neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Students worked together with community residents and faculty to address selected priority community issues identified by neighborhood members. Using the qualitative interpretive description method, the evaluation explored different partners’ (students, community residents, and faculty) perceptions of the course (SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as outcomes) as a community engagement and knowledge exchange intervention. Results provide lessons learned and recommendations for future campus–community engaged courses that can be transferred to similar contexts.

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“…The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis is used to isolate key issues and to facilitate a strategic approach. The process of using the SWOT approach requires an internal survey of strengths and weaknesses of the program and an external survey of threats and opportunities (Balamuralikrishna & Dugger, 1995). Cost/benefit analysis is a management technique used to analyse feasible alternatives in terms of the major costs involved, together with the major benefits that are expected to accrue (Martin & Powell, 1992).…”

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Organisational critical success factors in adoption of e-banking at the Woolwich bank

Shah

Siddiqui

2006

International Journal of Information Management

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“…The Australian Trade Commission (Australian Trade Commission, 2000) also recommends that the prospective exporter perform a SWOT analysis. The importance of using the method is to measure strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization (Balamuralikrishna, 1995), and functional area, product, market, brand, and the like from both a short term as well as a long term perspective (Anwar, 2000). SWOT analysis can be used as technology planning systems (Miao, 2000).…”

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Knowledge Creation in Export Trading

Soon

Chen

Underwood

2004

J. Info. Know. Mgmt.

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In this research, we investigate how knowledge in the export trading industry is created. Prior research focuses on general businesses in local market environment. This research specifically focuses on export trading with overseas market needs. These needs require attention to different types of control and requirements beyond that of a local market. In this paper, Nonaka et al.'s theory of organizational knowledge creation is explored. We specifically examine the processes of knowledge creation through four modes of knowledge conversion. Empirical investigations in export trading organizations are conducted. We examine how export firms obtain new knowledge for innovations based on collective knowledge being used in export trading. The findings indicate that the knowledge management processes in export firms allow for the creation of new knowledge. The collective knowledge (from groups and individuals) forms a basis for innovations and competitive intelligence. This collective knowledge also creates foresight, insight and hindsight in the export trading context.

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SWOT Analysis: A Management Tool for Initiating New Programs in Vocational Schools

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Organisational critical success factors in adoption of e-banking at the Woolwich bank

Knowledge Creation in Export Trading

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