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SWOT Activity

The document provides a SWOT analysis and asks to identify various strategies based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats listed. It identifies the individual's strengths as good grades, financial resources, strong communication skills, being motivated and a good team player. Weaknesses include a lack of work experience, no foreign language skills, and graduating from a regional university with little brand recognition. Opportunities are advancing education with an MBA and job growth in healthcare and biotechnology. Threats are many graduates with the same degree each year, potential recessions, and jobs being outsourced overseas. SO strategies suggested are pursuing an internship or graduate school using one's strengths and opportunities. A WO

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SWOT Activity

The document provides a SWOT analysis and asks to identify various strategies based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats listed. It identifies the individual's strengths as good grades, financial resources, strong communication skills, being motivated and a good team player. Weaknesses include a lack of work experience, no foreign language skills, and graduating from a regional university with little brand recognition. Opportunities are advancing education with an MBA and job growth in healthcare and biotechnology. Threats are many graduates with the same degree each year, potential recessions, and jobs being outsourced overseas. SO strategies suggested are pursuing an internship or graduate school using one's strengths and opportunities. A WO

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Questions for discussion:

1) Given the following factors under Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, &


Threats, identify SO, WO, ST, and WT strategies using the following given
data thereafter. Label your answer/s using the corresponding letters ONLY.

TOWS/SWOT Matrix

Strengths – S Weaknesses – W
1. Good grades 1. No work
2. Financial experience
resources 2. No foreign
available for language skills
education 3. Degree from
3. Strong regional university
communication with little brand
skills recognition
4. Motivated
5. Good team player

Opportunities – O SO Strategies WO Strategies


1. Potential to
advance education 1. __________ 1. ___________
with MBA (S1, S2, 01) (W1, 02)
2. Many industries
and locations with
job growth 2. __________ 2. ___________
(especially health (S1, S3, S4, S5, (W2, O1)
care and O2)
biotechnology)

Threats – T ST Strategies WT Strategies


1. Many students
graduate each year 1. ___________ 1. ___________
with same degree (S1, T1) (W2, T1)
2. Potential for
recession or slow
economic growth 2. ___________ 2. ___________
(fewer jobs (S2, T2, T3) (W1, T2, T3)
available, salaries
lower)
3. Jobs outsourced
overseas
Choices of Possible Strategies:

A. Seek out internship in growing industry


B. Apply to graduate school
C. Pursue foreign language training and other skills that can differentiate from
others
D. Enter industries with strong potential for growth
E. Emphasize good grades to potential employers
F. Seek out an internship
G. Consider pursuing MBA if job market is weak
H. Minimize importance of foreign language by improving other aspects of
education

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