On Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Having been a business student for the past two years, one of the important concepts that I have learned and have stuck on my mind is the SWOT Analysis. I guess one of the easiest ways to analyze something is by running through its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Almost everything, even the simplest things, can be analyzed by the SWOT Analysis. Even us can be scrutinized by this concept! So for this blog entry, I will be posting the SWOT Analysis of my whole experience in CSRGOVE.

STRENGTHS

Honestly, one of the greatest strengths of this course is that the professor encourages engagement, interaction and critical thinking, whether inside or outside the classroom, among the students. For me, it is important that the students feel that there is a need to engage and interact - that they do not simply just have to sit in class and listen. This way, the students are exposed to more ideas - not just theirs and their professor's. Also, the students are challenged on how they will defend their idea, which for me is one of the essential things that you have to know once you enter the corporate world.

WEAKNESSES

On the other hand, I also saw a weakness on this course. Personally, I think it would have been better if we were given more time to interact with the community and the partner organization. This way, we could have examined closely the partner organization and we could have presented a project which is more sustainable and which is more intensive in terms of solving problems that have been existing in the organization. This way, our project wouldn't have been shallow.

OPPORTUNITIES

Despite the weakness, this course still poses opportunities for the students. For me the most important opportunity that it gives its students is the opportunity of standing out as a better player in the corporate world in the future. Because of this course, students are taught on how we can be different and at the same time be better compared to the other players. This course taught us that we should always consider the two sides of the same coin and not just the side which is sparkling and shiny.

THREATS

However the opportunity that this course poses comes along with a threat. That is the threat of the question, 'What's in it for me?' Again, this question always makes people hesitate on doing something good because they always tend to think that they will not get something good out of doing something good.

And there goes my SWOT Analysis of this course! Honestly, I am actually glad that I was able to come up with a SWOT Analysis because it just means that this course has been meaningful for me.