Purpose of Collaborative Activity
The purpose of the collaborative activity is for the students to gain an understanding of SWOTT, and to prepare for the Week 3 SWOTT External and Internal Forces: The New Venture Individual Assignment.
Collaborative Activity Steps
Imagineyou are preparing a presentation for the stakeholders of the company you work for about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and trends affecting the company.
Discusshow you would present the following information to the stakeholders:
- Explain the planning process and the function of management planning.
- Define the internal, external, and global factors that influence expansion in the market place. Provide at least two examples for each.
- Analyze factors that influence planning, operational planning, and strategic planning. Provide at least two of each.
- Identify three current economic forces and trends that affect the business.
- Evaluate how technology, the organization’s goals, and competitive advantage relate to the organization’s sustainability.
- Discuss the internal and external trends that are different.
- What are the competitive advantages of each?
- Conduct a SWOTT Analysis showing how each is different.
Prepare a analysis of your discussion you will use for your Week 3 assignment. You do not need to post the analysis, but you will keep it to help prepare you for the individual assignment.





