BUS303 Week 1 Discussion 2, SWOT Environmental
Scanning
SWOT Environmental Scanning
In 150-250 words, conduct a basic SWOT analysis of an organization or department to
which you belong. How do you see these factors affecting the direction of HR? Please
cite at least one scholarly reference in addition to the course text to support your
response. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
In the context of HRM, the outcome of effective environmental scanning is a starting point of a
process commonly referred to as a SWOT analysis. SWOT is an acronym that stands for
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to the
organization, while opportunities and threats are external factors. The external focus of
environmental scanning facilitates the analysis of those external opportunities and threats within
the organization’s legal, economic, geographic, and social environments.
SWOT
MISSION STATEMENT:
, STRENGTHS:
BRAND NAME:
WEAKNESSES:
OPPORTUNITIES:
THREATS:
CONCLUSION:
BUSINESS MISSION
EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THREAT
INTERNAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
STRATEGY FORMULATION
Week 1 - Discussion 2
In our week 2 discussion, I was asked to conduct a basic SWOT analysis for an organization or
department to which I belong. I haven’t had too many outside jobs, I’ve been a military member
of the air force for 17 years now so I will try my best to conduct a SWOT analysis on the
Aircraft Armament Weapons section for which I belong to. My section consists of 3 flight chiefs,
6 weapons expediters to which is my current positions, and about 33 personnel that are broken
down into groups of 3 to form separate weapons load crews, which total up to be 11 crews total.
But before we can start this process we have to know what this process is. “SWOT analysis is an
acronym that stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is the starting point for
effective environmental scanning” according to (Youssef, 2015).
Scanning
SWOT Environmental Scanning
In 150-250 words, conduct a basic SWOT analysis of an organization or department to
which you belong. How do you see these factors affecting the direction of HR? Please
cite at least one scholarly reference in addition to the course text to support your
response. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
In the context of HRM, the outcome of effective environmental scanning is a starting point of a
process commonly referred to as a SWOT analysis. SWOT is an acronym that stands for
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to the
organization, while opportunities and threats are external factors. The external focus of
environmental scanning facilitates the analysis of those external opportunities and threats within
the organization’s legal, economic, geographic, and social environments.
SWOT
MISSION STATEMENT:
, STRENGTHS:
BRAND NAME:
WEAKNESSES:
OPPORTUNITIES:
THREATS:
CONCLUSION:
BUSINESS MISSION
EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THREAT
INTERNAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
STRATEGY FORMULATION
Week 1 - Discussion 2
In our week 2 discussion, I was asked to conduct a basic SWOT analysis for an organization or
department to which I belong. I haven’t had too many outside jobs, I’ve been a military member
of the air force for 17 years now so I will try my best to conduct a SWOT analysis on the
Aircraft Armament Weapons section for which I belong to. My section consists of 3 flight chiefs,
6 weapons expediters to which is my current positions, and about 33 personnel that are broken
down into groups of 3 to form separate weapons load crews, which total up to be 11 crews total.
But before we can start this process we have to know what this process is. “SWOT analysis is an
acronym that stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is the starting point for
effective environmental scanning” according to (Youssef, 2015).
