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Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis

Chartered Management Institute

The SWOT analysis can be a rather dry (but very important) part of the strategic process for most managers. They give the exercise lip service, and that ends up lowering the validity of the exercise. How can they do a better job? Let's look at some ideas. Related Content: Early Warning What can you use Competitive Intelligence for?

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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. For example ‘Communication between sales and production’ or ‘More knowledge of how to use our internal knowledge management system’. NOISE Analysis.

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SWOT and PPCO

Rapid BI

When reviewing ideas using a SWOT can be negative, so many now look at reviewing creative ideas with a different perspective. Pluses, Potentials, Concerns, Options Overcome the concerns.

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Reasons Why Strategic Plans Fail

Six Disciplines

Incomplete SWOT analysis with respect to the desired objectives. Lack of creativity in identifying possible strategies. Loss of senior management focus and continued sponsorship. Failure to manage change. In general, strategic plans can fail for two types of reasons: inappropriate strategy and poor execution.

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What can you use Competitive Intelligence for?

Chartered Management Institute

Related Content: Know Your Enemy Basic Gap Analysis Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis Early Warning Competitive Intelligence - Mergers within Law Firms. Competitive Intelligence is becoming an increasingly common. What can you use Competitive Intelligence for? You are not watching this post, click to start watching.

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Basic Gap Analysis

Chartered Management Institute

Related Content: Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis Early Warning What can you use Competitive Intelligence for? A Positive Gap indicates you are in a better position than your rivals while a Negative Gap clearly means the reverse - in a worse position. So what is Basic Gap Analysis? The OODA Loop Can you force innovation?

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Importance of Competitive Intelligence

Chartered Management Institute

Know Your Enemy Basic Gap Analysis Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis Early Warning. Why is Competitive Intelligence important and beneficial to your activities? Related Content: What can you use Competitive Intelligence for? You are not watching this post, click to start watching.