A SWOT Analysis of Three Programmes for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education Settings in Chile, Ireland and Australia

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis is one of the common tabulation technique to evaluate internal and external environments for strategic planning and successfulness of an organization. Educational institution requires SWOT analysis to make strategic planning in order to meet accreditation requirements or well accredited and also to increase the number of raw input. There is still no particular method that related to SWOT analysis, especially in vocational school accreditation report. Furthermore, many steps have to be conducted, multiple resources involved, and time consuming processes have given impact on the accuracy of SWOT analysis report. We have developed a Fuzzy Analytic Network Process-based automatized SWOT analysis to improve the accuracy of vocational school accreditation report. The fuzzy system processed the respondent's questionnaire answers as the input, generating the SWOT quadrant, and then generated the priority of strategies based on the SWOT quadrant as the output using the FANP method. It used 8 variables as the input and 8 variables as its outputs. The data was collected through accreditation instruments issued by National School/Madrasah Accreditation Board which is used to evaluate the management system for vocational school that implements the Indonesian curriculum of 2013. The system output is compared to the data collected through the experts (certified accreditation assessor). The results showed that there was 84.78% accuracy of the system compare with expert opinion using the likert-scale on 2 sets of data test.

Evaluating the management strategies of a forestland estate—the S-O-S approach

Over the past decade, virtual reality (VR) technology has been increasingly used in educational settings. Its benefits and opportunities are opening up new avenues for learning. This research attempts to capture the strategic core factors involved in the evaluation of VR in education by implementing the A’WOT (AHP-SWOT) method, a combination of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). SWOT analysis presents a comprehensive summary of important forces and challenges that are necessary for the development of VR education. However, The SWOT analysis does not have a way of measuring weights analytically and determining the importance of the components. Therefore, AHP analysis was applied to quantify and rank the factors that affect the functioning of the system. The proposed framework analysis allows the priorities of the factors contained in the SWOT analysis to be accurately and analytically determined and measurable.

Making use of MCDS methods in SWOT analysis—Lessons learnt in strategic natural resources management

We examined a hybrid method, referred to here as the A'WOT [Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in SWOT analysis], for improving the usability of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis. A commonly used decision analysis method, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and its eigenvalue calculation framework are integrated with SWOT analysis. The connection of AHP with SWOT yields analytically determined and quantifiable priorities for the factors included in SWOT analysis. The aim in applying the hybrid method is to improve the quantitative basis of strategic planning processes. After applying the A'WOT method, decision-makers have information at their disposal about how alternative strategies are congruent with internal and external environmental factors. In a decision–making process, this information can be utilized in concert with other produced decision–support elements. The A'WOT was used in connection with the strategic planning of natural resource management at the Finnish Forest and Park Service (FFPS). Four alternative strategies were produced during the planning process. The alternatives produced were Forestry Strategy (emphasis on sustainable economic use of forests); Recreation Strategy (emphasis on recreational use of forests and social and economic sustainability); Protection Strategy (emphasis on nature protection and ecological sustainability); and the Basic Strategy (current land allocation and forestry practice principles). Opportunities determined by the priorities of the scaling factors had the greatest weight in all the business units of the FFPS. The most important internal factors included both strengths (know–how, land, and water property ) along with a couple of weaknesses (lack of information concerning biodiversity due to insufficient planning resources, age, and development class structures of forests). FOR. SCI. 47(4):534–541.

Strategic planning of post-mining land uses: A semi-quantitative approach based on the SWOT analysis and IE matrix

The strategic importance of global competitiveness of machine tools manufacturing industry in Japan is steadily increasing and machine tools manufacturers require effective corporate strategy to achieve sustainable competitive advantages. SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is one of the most effective approaches used for analyzing strategic management policy of an organizations. However, the use of conventional SWOT analysis is based on the qualitative analysis and has no means of determining the importance of each SWOT factor. In this study, a newly structured SWOT analysis has been proposed for weighting and rating individual SWOT factors using the pairwise comparison matrices. By the proposed method, the industrial strategy planning for the machine tools manufacturing industry can be carried out using both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the SWOT factors.

Utilizing the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in SWOT analysis — a hybrid method and its application to a forest-certification case

This study aims to determine how an analysis of Strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, and threat is used as a strategy to increase competitiveness and its obstacles in Denpasar Sharia Rural Banks. The research method used was a quantitative approach in the form of case studies descriptive. The SWOT analysis used is the analytical method descriptive, SWOT Matrix, and SWOT diagram analysis. Data collection techniques in this study are interviews and literature. The results showed that the SWOT analysis as a strategy to increase competitiveness needs to be re-evaluated, so that good performance is formed from within and from outside the organization.

This article deals with the lean strategy evaluation process using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis aimed at identifying lean strategies and providing an initial decision framework. It involves specifying the objective of the industry and identification of internal and external factors and its sub-factors and lean strategies, which are either favourable or unfavourable in the accomplishment of the stated objective. However, the SWOT analysis method does not provide an analytical method to evaluate the priorities of identified decisive strategic factors. To overcome this limitation, this article presents a case study in an Indian foundry industry using two multiple criteria decision-making methods, that is, analytic network process and modified TOPSIS (technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution), to provide a computable basis in determining the rank of lean strategies. In this approach, the analytic network process is used to calculate the priorities of identified SWOT factors and sub-factors and the modified TOPSIS is applied to rank the lean strategies. A sensitivity analysis is also provided to illustrate how ‘sensitive’ the proposed model is to changes in the priorities of SWOT factors. The results show that the quantitative SWOT analysis–based approach is a feasible and exceedingly capable method that provides vital sensitivity in evaluating the priorities of lean strategies for an Indian foundry industry and can also be employed as an effective method for many other complex decision-making processes.

SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat) Analysis, even though it enables analyzing the internal and external environment that is effective in the process of organizations and institutions to make strategic decision, is a method that has some deficiencies in terms of measurement and assessment. In order to eliminate the deficiencies of interests and make assessment through more exact data in the process of decision making, in literature, various methods under the title of quantitative SWOT Analysis has been used. One of these methods is to integrate SWOT analysis with Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method. In this study, the data of SWOT analysis were turned into a hierarchical structure and the model formed was solved by means of method of FAHP. The application of method was performed on the problem of strategy selection of a state university in Turkey. Surveys conducted among 1292 academic staff in the university were evaluated by SWOT analysis. For the 6 main strategies and 13 sub-strategies obtained as a result of the analyses, pairwise comparison surveys were conducted with 37 senior managers of the university. Questionnaires were analyzed by FAHP method and it was concluded that the most important strategy for the university is “to be in the country’s top 5 universities and in the world’s top 500 universities”.

The use of virtual-reality technology in the areas of rehabilitation and therapy continues to grow, with encouraging results being reported for applications that address human physical, cognitive, and psychological functioning. This article presents a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis for the field of VR rehabilitation and therapy. The SWOT analysis is a commonly employed framework in the business world for analyzing the factors that influence a company's competitive position in the marketplace with an eye to the future. However, the SWOT framework can also be usefully applied outside of the pure business domain. A quick check on the Internet will turn up SWOT analyses for urban-renewal projects, career planning, website design, youth sports programs, and evaluation of academic research centers, and it becomes obvious that it can be usefully applied to assess and guide any organized human endeavor designed to accomplish a mission. It is hoped that this structured examination of the factors relevant to the current and future status of VR rehabilitation will provide a good overview of the key issues and concerns that are relevant for understanding and advancing this vital application area.

E-marketplace technology can be utilized by tourism person and government in facing the development of Industrial revolution 4.0. The development of e-marketplace requires proper preparation and strategy, including reengineering the ongoing business processes. This research took a case study in Nusa Dua which is a tourism area in Bali. The research objectives was to determine the readiness and strategies of the Nusa Dua government in e-marketplace planning by using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis and Technology Readiness Index (TRI) model. The research was conducted by qualitative descriptive approach through observation, in-depth interview and Focus Group Discussion. The research validity was done by transferability, confirmability, credibility and dependability test. The research started from describing the SWOT with TRI model consideration, then mapping into EFAS and IFAS matrix to got the government readiness position. The research continued with government strategies formulation. Based on SWOT analysis with TRI model consideration, it can be concluded that the government readiness was in strong position to be a provider of e-marketplace. It was very possible for the government to carry out aggressive growth because they had the opportunities and strengths needed. The government strategies were Growth Oriented Strategy that built from TWOS matrix.

The present study examines a hybrid method, referred to here as the hybrid method A’WOT, for improving the usability of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. A commonly-used decision analysis method, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and its eigenvalue calculation framework are integrated with SWOT analysis. AHP’s connection to SWOT yields analytically-determined priorities for the factors included in SWOT analysis and makes them commensurable. The aim in applying the hybrid method is to improve the quantitative information basis of strategic planning processes. The hybrid method was tested in connection with a Finnish forest industry enterprise’s decision to invest in North America. In the case study, the results were presented in an illustrative way by utilising the quantitative information achieved by the hybrid method. The results indicated that forest-industry investment was reasonable in North America. In addition, the required pairwise comparisons were found to be useful, because they force the decision-maker to think over the weights of the factors and to analyse the situation more precisely and in more depth.

This paper applies a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis to groundwater resources management of a coastal aquifer in northern Greece typical of those subjected to seawater intrusion. SWOT analysis is found to be a useful managerial tool, incorporating interdisciplinary issues – engineering, scientific, legislative, economic and social – which are difficult to quantify, in order to identify the main environmental problem of the study area, which is overexploitation of the groundwater resources (and seawater intrusion as a consequence). Based on the main outcomes of the SWOT model, specific countermeasures are suggested in order to combat the over-pumping of the aquifer's resources which leads to overexploitation of the groundwater potential.