In this paper we present a Quantified SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analytical method which provides more detailed and quantified data for SWOT analysis. The Quantified SWOT analytical method adopts the concept of Multiple-Attribute Decision Making (MADM), which uses a multi-layer scheme to simplify complicated problems, and thus is able to perform SWOT analysis on sev...

This is my pentultimate piece for the “President’s Message” section of the Interchange. As such, I thought it was appropriate to provide a “one person’s analysis” of where we are as a Society and what may lie ahead. I have chosen to present my thoughts in the format of a SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-OpportunitiesThreats) analysis of the ASCCA and the landscape we reside within. The SWOT may produ...

SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. Turkish electronics industry is conti...

Because of the introduction of (regulated) market competition and self-regulation, strategy is becoming an important management field for health care organizations in many European countries. That is why health managers are introducing more and more strategic principles and tools. Especially the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)-analysis seems to be popular. However, hardly a...

SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) has been in use since the 1960s as a tool to assist strategic planning in various types of enterprises including those in the construction industry. Whilst still widely used, the approach has called for improvements to make it more helpful in strategic management. The project described in this paper aimed to study whether the process t...

PURPOSE To present the results of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis used as part of a process aimed at reorganising services provided within a pediatric rehabilitation programme (PRP) in Quebec, Canada and to report the perceptions of the planning committee members regarding the usefulness of the SWOT in this process. METHOD Thirty-six service providers workin...

Original scientific paper Strategic planning which focuses on transport is based fundamentally on adjusting to changes in the operational environment. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis is a commonly used tool for analyzing both the internal and external environments in order to attain a systematic approach and support for a decision-making situation. In this study...

employer organizations have increasingly interested in outsourcing their projects in the form of public-private partnership (ppp) due to various reasons such as compromising the resource limitations, entering new technologies to the organization and reducing risk. choosing the private sector as one of the most basic steps in the formation of ppp is of great importance. the present study aims to...