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6 Identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Figure 6 SWOT analysis
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A diagram showing a SWOT analysis. The title reads ‘Strategic analysis’. Two downward arrows from this title lead to ‘Internal’ on the left and ‘External’ on the right. ‘Internal’ has two arrows leading from it to ‘Strengths’, which has two words underneath it (‘build’ and ‘enhance’), and to ‘Weaknesses’, which has two other words underneath it (‘resolve’ and ‘reduce’). ‘External’ has two arrows leading from it to ‘Opportunities’, which has two words underneath it (‘exploit’ and ‘expand’), and ‘Threats’, which has two words underneath it (‘avoid’ and ‘thwart’).
Figure 6 SWOT analysis
In this section you will learn how to identify the information relevant to SWOT in a case study.