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Personal SWOT for IT Students

This document provides an overview of a professional development lesson on personal SWOT analysis. It discusses identifying personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in order to capitalize on strengths, overcome weaknesses, exploit opportunities, and survive threats. The document provides examples of factors to consider for each component of the SWOT analysis and instructs students to conduct a personal SWOT analysis by listing their own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Personal SWOT for IT Students

This document provides an overview of a professional development lesson on personal SWOT analysis. It discusses identifying personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in order to capitalize on strengths, overcome weaknesses, exploit opportunities, and survive threats. The document provides examples of factors to consider for each component of the SWOT analysis and instructs students to conduct a personal SWOT analysis by listing their own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Professional Development

Lesson 1

Dileeka Alwis
NSBM - School of Computing
Module Overview

3 main subject domains


How to be an IT Professional
Introduction to Information Systems
Developing your soft skills

2 Lecturers
Ms. Dileeka Alwis
Mr. Sulakshana De Alwis / Ms. Bhasuri Bhagyani

Lesson 6 2
UNDERSTANDING
SELF:

PERSONAL SWOT
ANALYSIS
Identifying yourself

Who are you?

What do you want to be?

Why did you join with NSBM?


SWOT Analysis
What is a Strength?
What is a Weakness?
What is an Opportunity?
What is a Threat?
What is SWOT analysis

A situation analysis tool


for evaluating
internal strengths and weaknesses;
and for examining
external opportunities and threats
for better decision making and
for competitive advantage.
Exercise 01:
.

Categorize following facts related to a school under Strengths,


Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

1. Having experienced and skilled teaching staff


2. New school is opening in the area
3. Outside community think that the facilities available in the school are old
4. The school is a relatively small school
5. Because of limited facilities available, it is hard to attract staff members
6. Growing parent’s interest about the increasing student pass rates
7. Possibility of expanding school premises on adjacent land
8. Maintaining good relationship with the community
Why SWOT Analysis?

– to capitalize on strengths
– to overcome weaknesses
– to exploit opportunities
– to survive threats
– to be pro-active
– to take better decisions
How to conduct a personal
SWOT
Strengths Analysis:

– What are your unique skills/qualifications?


– What do you do better than anyone else?
– What unique resources can you access?
– Why do people praise you?
– What achievements are you proud of?
– What values do you believe in?
Typical Strengths
Weaknesses Analysis:

– What skills/knowledge do you lack?


– What skills could you improve?
– What do you avoid doing?
– What do others see as your weaknesses?
– What resources are you deficient in?
– What are your negative work habits?
– What personality traits hold you back?
Beating Weaknesses:
every time they fail.
Successful people

– Were successful people always successful in all they did?


get up

– Did success come to them quick and easy?


– The road to success is never an easy one.
– There are several obstacles. Be prepared to fall. Rise
every time you fall.
Opportunities Analysis

– What opportunities to learn are open?


– What situations can you take advantage of?
– Do you have people to help/advise you?
– What others’ failures can you exploit?
– Have you any solutions to others’
complaints?
– Is there an unfilled need around you?
Leveraging Opportunities
Threats Analysis

– What obstacles do you currently face?


– What are your competitors doing?
– Is the demand for your strengths declining?
– What trends could harm your interests?
– What threats arise from your weaknesses?
Threats Analysis
Exercise 2

– Think & list your Strengths, Weaknesses,


Opportunities, and Threats
– Form pairs
– Describe to your partner
– Share with class
Sample personal SWOT analysis

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