Professional Development Plan
Unit: Understanding and Managing People
Unit Code: 5D4Z0020
Unit Tutors: Tom Scanlon and Amanda Davis
Student Name: Hilaria Dos Santos Rolo
Student ID: 11501593
Date: 14th March 2012
Contents Page
Page 1 – Title
Page 2 – Contents
Page 2 – List of tables and figures
Page 3 – Introduction
Page 4 to 6 – Section 1: Professional Plan Development
Page 7 to 9 – Section 2: Progress Review
Page 10 – Appendix 1
Page 11 to 13 – Appendix 2
Page 14 to 17 – Appendix 3
Page 18 to 25 – Appendix 4
Page 26 to 41 – Appendix 5
Page 42 to 50 – Appendix 6
Page 51 – Appendix 7
Page 52 to 58 – Appendix 8
Page 59 to 61 – Section 3: Long-term Plan of Action
Page 62 – Conclusion
Page 63 to 64 – References
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The SWOT analysis is a notably useful tool to identify and analyse opportunities for development and related barriers and challenges.
SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Being Strengths and Weaknesses internal factors and Opportunities and Threats external factors.
(Scanlon 2011)
To achieve this goal I will take notes from lectures and from a few pages of one of the recommended books for this unit (See Appendix 8).
This goal is set to be developed until 12th March 2012.
Section 2: Progress Review
Time Management and Personal Organisation For this goal I did weekly sheets to see my development. I did the first weekly sheet in 19th December 2011.
As I was not working at the moment my only responsibility was University, and seems like the less responsibility one has, the less he/she does. That is exactly what was happening.
I was spending most of my days watching television and/or watching series online, or simply just spending days sleeping. I had my mother and a friend over for Christmas and New Year. With their presence here, I felt like doing even less, because all I wanted was to spend time with them or go out and show them Manchester.
So basically all the activities I was always planning to do, I ended up not doing them. I knew I had an exam in early January, and yet I did not study until the week before the exam.
I managed to pass the exam with a low pass, 44%, but I know I could have done much better if only I
The SWOT analysis is commonly known as a tool for business analysis. Its main use is for looking at strengths and weaknesses to do with the organisation, current or future opportunities and possible internal and external threats. These can then be dealt with to make them into a positive.
assignments. There was a brief moment when I felt like giving up and dropping the class, but then I remembered an old
SWOT analysis provides a structure for analyzing either your own strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats you face, or in a work context for analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats a business or event faces. Ideally it is one step in a process which helps you to
SWOT stands for STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS. It is a means of assessing any business or company because it covers these four critical aspects which could lead somebody to decide whether a business is a successful one. SWOT can be used by the manager in order to evaluate the current situation and take any decision to improve the business, it also can be used by potential investors in order to see if the business is thriving.
SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. By definition, Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W) are considered to be internal factors over which you have some measure of control. Also, by definition, Opportunities (O) and Threats (T) are considered to be external factors over which you have essentially no control.
SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats that the company face. It helps you focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you will giving you the opportunity to ward off possible threats from external sources.
Swot analysis refers to the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and the threats that a business faces. Every company has its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that it faces.
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a situational analysis in which internal strengths and weaknesses of an organization, and external opportunities and threats faced by it are closely examined to assist management with planning and course correction (BusinessDictionary.com). Managers can use the results SWOT analysis to determine how competitive the organization is in its industry and to develop an effective organizational strategy. Though commonly associated with for profit organizations, SWOT analysis also are carried out by public institutions such as, hospitals, government agencies, and schools. The County College
SWOT is an acronym that simply stands the strength, the weaknesses, the opportunities available and the threats that the company faces. Every business organization or entity always has its points of strength, its weaknesses in terms of how it conducts its businesses. Furthermore, there are always opportunities that are available to any company in addition to those factors or issues that the company faces which are threats to the success of the business. From the case of Harley Davidson, there are various strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that the company faced throughout its operations.
A SWOT analysis is an evaluation a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Armstrong, 2010, p.77). A SWOT analysis is a useful tool in comparing a business, or in this case a character’s, traits to the situation and to other characters.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, also known as SWOT, is apart of every business. Businesses must embrace and adapt to SWOT in order to make them successful. This could be by taking constructive criticism through surveys by customers or changing things based on statistics. SWOT is how a business will either fail or prosper, and good businesses know how to use it to their advantage.
3. The acronym SWOT stands for an organizations strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A SWOT analysis is strategic planning method that evaluates the internal and external performance of an organization to see if it’s favorable or unfavorable to achieve whatever objective you are set out to accomplish. Strengths and weaknesses usually arise from the internal aspect of an organization, whereas opportunities and threats evolve from external components. By performing a SWOT analysis it provides information to managers to help formulate a successful strategy to achieve goals.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis is a useful technique for understanding the organization’s strengths and weaknesses and for identifying both the opportunities open to the organization and the threats it faces (Manktelow, 2015). A human resources SWOT analysis considers internal and external factors that can either boost or impede the human resources functions within your organization (Goodrich, 2015). The following is a SWOT analysis of the human resources department of Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. (See Appendix A)
A SWOT analysis is a tool used to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization. A SWOT model measures what an organization can or cannot do as well as the possible opportunities and threats. This is done by taking data from the organization’s environment, analyzing the information and separating it into the internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external (opportunities and threats). When this is completed the analysis can create a plan for the organization to achieve its goals, and identify what difficulties must be overcome to attain
SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Ferrell and Hartline, 2014, p. 39). A SWOT analysis evaluates both the internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) that create advantages and disadvantages to a company when serving its customers (p. 39). A SWOT analysis is extremely beneficial in helping a company determine areas of improvement (p. 39). Internal factors examine the actual company being analyzed while external factors examine the external market (customers and competition) (p. 85).