...The process of career searching can be quite a caseload, which can take up a good amount of time. To be successful in career searching, an individual should have the knowledge of who they are as an individual and how will this information impact ones job search. In order to complete the search properly, an individual must complete a SWOT analysis, which consists of four components: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. These four components will help any individual get an understanding of what can impact his/hers job search and how can to fix the problem. A SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, and by conducting an analysis of those factors will help job seekers know more about where their talents...
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...SWOT Analysis Joel Williams Columbia Southern University The business that I chose to look into is the Perry Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. I am currently the pastor of this congregation. We are in the business of taking the good news of Jesus Christ to the masses. It will be interesting to learn of our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is our desire to grow the church and this information may prove to be helpful in our efforts. Our mission is to reach out to the world, preach to the unsaved, and teach the saved to serve. Our goal is to make disciples through events that form and transform. There seems to be potential for growth through marketing campaigns and grant opportunities. Our priority is to restore the old sanctuary that has been labeled condemned. Apart from that we envision our church operating apartments, community centers, and learning centers. SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Strengths: * We have a strong presence in our community * We own two buildings – sanctuary and fellowship hall * We feed and clothe the homeless and hungry, we also have a One Church One School Program where we partner with a school in our community and provide things that are needed for students * We are at our very best when doing outreach in our community Weaknesses: * We are a very small congregation * We only meet on the first and third Sunday of the month * The pastor lives...
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...The purpose of this paper is to describe how the SWOT analysis applies to Madam C.J walker. The SWOT analysis is an analytical tool for determining a firm’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Madam C.J Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867 near delta Louisiana. She created and specialized hair products for African American women hair and was one of the first American women to become a self mad millionaire. From being the daughter of two formal slavery, going through the trails of her mistreatment as a young adult to her being a widow and single parent causing her to stress. Like most women in that time her hair started to fall out and fast. After suffering from a scalp aliment that resulted in the lost of most of...
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...SWOT and Strategy Paper PHL/320 6/8/2015 SWOT and Strategy Paper Retail companies, like other businesses, often use SWOT analysis to evaluate their companies. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. A SWOT analysis for retail is a detailed look at the retailer’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats vs. there competitors. The internal factors that affect company’s success and failure are the Strengths and Weaknesses of a company. Opportunities and Threats are external factors that show a firms growth. The success or failure all depends on how well the customers see the products being. There are many positives and negatives that retail stores face all the time with product, quality, and customer service. The first step in doing a SWOT analysis for an online retail is indentifying certain strengths that the company has. The strengths a lot of online companies have are unrestricted services/24-7 operation, Labor and time saving, less cost/affordable. On-line shopping can be accomplished without any restrictions. The way technology is with online shopping, gives the consumers the ability to select and purchase whatever at anytime and anywhere. Online gives the ability for the business to offer anytime service which helps for people that can’t make store hours and don’t have an efficient and effective location to go to. Labor and saving time is a big strength for online companies because consumers can save the cost and time. The customers...
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...Sprint Nextel Corporation SWOT Analysis Background Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint) is a communications company. The company provides a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. It provides wireless services on a postpaid and prepaid basis to retail subscribers and also on a wholesale and affiliate basis. The company markets its postpaid services under the Sprint and Nextel brands, and prepaid services under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless brands. The company offers its services through wireless networks, an all-digital global long distance network and a Tier 1 Internet backbone. (www.alacrastore.com, 2013) Mission Sprint’s mission is to be number one in providing a simple, instant, enriching and productive customer experience. (Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2013). Vision Sprint’s vision is to be a world class company, with standards by which others are measured, including a commitment to developing a world class supplier base that is reflective of the communities we serve. (Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2013). History Sprint's red diamond logo represented the combined achievements of many legendary predecessors, including United Telecommunications, US Sprint and Centel. Each embraced the same bold approach that Sprint's founder Cleyson Brown showed in 1899, when the Brown Telephone Company successfully went toe-to-toe with the Bell monopoly...
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...and samsclub.com. The company’ s retail stores produce, deli, bakery, dairy, frozen foods also offers meat, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and floral and dry grocery; health and beauty aids, baby products, household chemicals, paper goods, and pet supplies; and electronics, toys, cameras and supplies, photo processing services, cellular phones, cellular service plan contracts and prepaid service, movies, music, video games, and books. Its stores also provide stationery, automotive accessories, hardware and paint, sporting goods, fabrics and crafts, and seasonal merchandise; pharmacy and optical services, and over-the-counter drugs; shoes, jewelry, accessories, and apparel for women, girls, men, boys, and infants; and home furnishings, housewares and small appliances, bedding, home décor, outdoor living, and horticulture products. In addition, the company’s stores offer an exhaustive list of product and services ranging from tangible retail goods to car maintenance and banking services. It operates banks that provide consumer financing programs; and offers financial services and related products, including money orders, prepaid cards, and wire transfers, check cashing, and bill payment. STAGE I: STEP II - Development of an Exhaustive SWOT Internal...
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...India's pulp and paper sector PESTLE Analysis PESTLE analysis is a useful tool for understanding the industry situation as a whole, and is often used in conjunction with a SWOT analysis to assess the situation of an individual business. PESTLE stands for “Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental” factors. The questions to ask are: § What are the key political factors likely to affect the industry? § What are the important economic factors? § What cultural aspects are most important? § What technological innovations are likely to occur? § What current and impending legislation may affect the industry? § What are the environmental considerations? Political Factors The Political factor refers to the governmental policies which are much influenced by the economic situation in a country. It is a macro aspect of analyze which deal with major changes to the government policies of a country. It has great influence to the business outlook and confidence. Political factors often comprises of - Current taxation policy - Future taxation policy - The current and future political support - Grants, funding and initiatives - Trade bodies - Effect of wars or worsening relations with particular countries Economic factors The Economic factor is an area where macro economic environment can affect the outlook and competitiveness of any business sectors in the country. Economic factors comprises of - Overall economic situation - Strength of...
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...Strengths: - Chris does a good job executing on the strong intro with both the team member and client. - After verification, Chris asks the client for his email address so that it can be added into the system. - Chris recommends that the client use his email address as his username and then goes on to give correct password requirements. This is good for efficiency. Opportunities: - Verify email address. Chris does not get confirmation from the client that the email address given was the one he wanted the registration link sent to. It is important that we get confirmation, as this helps to protect the security of the client. After asking the client for his email address, ask: "What I need to do next is to send you a registration link to your email, in order to create your account. Do you want to use this email address we just added?" - Empathy. Chris misses the opportunity to offer the client an empathetic acknowledgment regarding this myql call. It is important that we do this, as the expectation for the client is that this process be very quick and easy. Try: "I'm sorry for the trouble we're having getting this account created, I'll definitely be able to help you today..." - Control. (6:28 - 8:04) Chris advises the client to add in a username and does not continue to guide the call. At 7:00 Chris advises the client of the password requirements and it is apparent that the client has already typed this in. The client advises "done!" and there is silence on Chris'...
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...Description: The University of Georgia’s Auxiliary Services and Transportation and Parking Services’ goal is to provide a bussing system for all customers (UGA ID holders) to make it safer and more convenient to travel on campus. This process is comprised of repetitive steps: the driver will stop at a bus stop, pick up and drop off customers and drive to the next and repeat the step. While this service is offered predominately during the day, the TPS has additionally provided night travel for off-campus UGA ID holders. The Riverbend Connector route picks up ID holders. The route begins at Soule Hall and services 12 East Athens’ apartment complexes. This particular route is one of three routes and runs from 7pm to 11pm Monday through Saturday. Purpose and Mission: The Riverbend Connector route’s purpose is to ensure customers get from campus to their apartment safely and efficiently. The value added to customers is the reduction in travel time and added safety because they no longer need to walk, take taxis, or use expensive ride-sharing apps to get home. Desired Outcomes: The main goals of the Transportation and Parking Services’ bus routes are to serve customers efficiently when doing so. This is accomplished by reducing the wait times of customers as well as being consistent. These goals are measured by the popularity of a stop, time between stops, and the time to complete one entire loop of the route. The data available states that the time between stops ranges from 1 to 5...
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...Everyone who has ever began a project, wants to know that they will potentially return on their investment. This investment could include financially, time or any type of contribution. This is what planning and the preparation that is carefully conducted when starting a new endeavor. Organizations must carefully consider all aspects of operation, whether it deals with the technology, employees, equipment, or production procedures. For them to be able to endorse the continued usage of any of these things they must also have a way to continuously evaluate and monitor their usefulness. This is where return on investment formulas are incorporated to let the organization know when it’s time to make changes or upgrade a previous version of completing their ultimate goals of positive productions moving forward. From the financial point, this is one of the top reasons for these evaluations. How is the organization going to intrigue potential investors if they are not able to convince them that they will gain something in return (Brinkerhoff, 2006). For example, Kruush Graphics is a photography and graphic design company. When it first started, photography and graphic design was not even the focus. Kruush started in the music business, because the owner produced and designed his own compact discs. The artwork was so impressive, that other artists were inquiring who did his work. This is where his first evaluation came about. The owner designed a plan to see what the interest level would...
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... Q3 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Align Technology’s particular strengths? "What would I say? I mean there are so many. So I guess there's a big tailwind for Align in terms of I guess creating and being a pioneer in a market where traditionally adults have not been using orthodontics, and for reasons that are easy to understand, typically adults are shy of wearing steel braces on their teeth. Their product/invention has allowed adults to correct misalignment, malocclusion. So that has started a whole new industry. They're the technology leader, and not just that, not just in the US, but they're growing very well internationally. Now, with their new marketing strategy, they're penetrating the teenager market which is actually much larger than the adult market that has traditionally been their stronghold. They also now have potentially to actually break into an at-home treatment opportunity through SmileDirectClub, in which they own 19%. It seems like the opportunities look very good for Align." Q4 - OE_Weaknesses What do you see as Align Technology’s particular weaknesses? "Weaknesses are that—and everyone who knows their company very well, like me, knows that—the traditional competitors in the wires and brackets supply manufacturers, for example 3M and Ormco, are close at their heels filing for similar products using patents that are now expiring very soon. Patents that were filed by Align. So that is a risk if the competitors become aggressive. I believe they may become...
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...SWOT Analysis: METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam Hung Tran Quoc Columbia Southern University About the Company METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam (MCCVN) is the leading self-service wholesaler in Vietnam market place. Entering Vietnam in 2002, currently, MCCVN operates 19 wholesale stores nationwide to offer a wide range of food and nonfood products. MCCVN’s products and services are, “customized to the specific demands of professional customers, such as hotel and restaurant operators, catering firms, independent small retailers, institutions and offices.” (METRO AG, 2014, para. 2) MCCVN is committed to being a reliable partner, has proven competence in assortment and services for professionals distinctively as well as is a distinguished partner of local communities with strong corporate social responsibility. In August 2014, METRO Group decided to sell the entire business operations of MCCVN to BJC (Berli Jucker Corporation, a large group from Thailand that has been very successful in doing retail business in Southeast Asia). The article, “Metro Vietnam sold for $879 million to Thai Business Giant” (Son, 2014) mentioned, “BJC will take over the entire business operations of Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam (MCC Vietnam), including 19 distribution centers and related real estate portfolio, at the total value of $655 million euros (approximately $879 million)” and a Metro representative (as cited in Son, 2014) said the deal is expected to be finished in the first half...
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...Strengths: - Chris executes on the strong intro. - He digs in to ask if the caller has the letter of explanation. Opportunities: - Verification. Chris pulls up the loan using a telephone #. He then goes on to verify the property address. Kelly, the wife calling in, is not listed on the loan as a client nor as an okay to speak with. There is also a discrepancy with the property address given--she states the city is Miami and AMP shows Cutler Bay. We have not gotten a successful verification on the loan, nor do we have permission to speak with Kelly. It is important that we protect our client's security by only speaking with them regarding loan specific info, unless we have permission, and verifying 3 pieces of ID. - Foreshadow timeframe of follow up. Chris begins to foreshadow to the caller that their is a possibility of reaching the mb's voicemail. However, he does not set the expectation that if this happens leaving a voicemail ensures a call back within 24 hours. It's important to set these expectations with our clients and to set our team members up for success. - Relevant and effective LJN's. Chris' notes do not reflect the full scope of the call. He misses the opportunity to note that the caller said they never received a call explaining the denial and that he went over the reason for denial from the notes. It's important that we note effectively, as this is how we communicate internally. - Empathy. Chris misses several opportunities for empathy in this...
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...writing. In fact, the three universities that I have attended in the past have all required me to use the APA style of writing. As I recall my high school years, the APA style of writing also seemed to be a favorite amongst my high school teachers. They all required that term papers be written in APA style as well. This type of writing actually does not differ much from the ones included in the text reading. The text mentioned the APA style of writing several times. In my opinion, it appears to be the most popular style of writing, especially amongst college students. Based on the results of the quizzes, my grammar skills were actually a little better than average. I actually had expected to do better, but I guess my grammar skills are not as good as I thought they were. In any event I feel very confident when it comes to spelling, as I have always been a great speller. Even in grade school, I was a good speller. I learned at a very young age to challenge myself when it comes to spelling. Challenging my-self in that area really paid off as I became older, as I’ve never had a problem with spelling. However, I feel that I need more help with run on sentences and with thought patterns. Though I proof read my paper several times, it’s hard for me to see that I have several run on sentences until after I get my grade back. In general, I feel that my writing is just mediocre. However, I also believe that when it comes to writing, I am my own worst critic. Reason being, I am never...
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...computer and communications equipment (owned by MIS) magnetic media (owned by Manager) power supplies and plant, such as air-conditioning units (owned by MIS) Software assets (owned by MIS) • • • • application software system software development tools utilities Information assets (owned by Manager or MIS) ‘Information’ means information held by the Company on its own behalf and that entrusted to it by others. The following are examples of the media which may contain or comprise information assets. • • • • • • • • • • databases and data files system documentation user manuals training material operational or support procedures continuity plans and fallback arrangements back-up media on-line magnetic media off-line magnetic media paper Services • • computing and communications services (owned by MIS) heating, lighting and power (owned by Manager or Building Services Manager) 1 17/01/03 First•Base Technologies Town Hall Chambers High Street Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN43 5DD UK Tel: +44 (01273 454 525 Fax: +44 (0)1273 454 526 info@firstbase.co.uk Guidance on Information Classification Categories for classifying document security Category 1 : Routine (non-confidential) documents Description: All documents of a routine nature. Effects of disclosure: No measurable damage to the company or a department. Examples: Normal memos, routine reports, circulars. Estimated occurrence of this classification: More than 80% of all documents would be within this class...
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