What does the SWOT stand for in SWOT analysis?

SWOT is basicaly stand for Strengths Weakness Opportunities and Threats

SWOT satnds S=Strength. W=Weakness.O=Opportunities.T=Threats

S = Strength

W = Weakness

O = Opportunities

T = Threats

A tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities andthreats of an organization. Specifically, SWOT is a basic, straightforward model that assesses what an organization can and cannot do as well as its potential opportunities and threats. The method of SWOT analysis is to take the information from an environmental analysis and separate it into internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external issues (opportunities and threats). Once this is completed, SWOT analysis determines what may assist the firm in accomplishing its objectives, and what obstacles must be overcome or minimized to achieve desired results. 

SWOT analysis is a helpful method for analyzing organization's Strengths and Weaknesses , and the Opportunities and Threats that are facing ( Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) 

SWOT - stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.  It's an old tool or process being used by a company or management for a marketing or an overall planning.  Knowing these, the company can very well define specific problem or issue they are facing, then they can do measurement and analyzation of the issue.  Then improvement of the process comes with control. Or simply apply the DMAIC method now also widely being used.  

SWOT ----- STRENGTHS

                     WEAKNESS

                     OPPORTUNITIES

                     THREATS

SWOT analysis is a management technique where the organisation evaluate the business in terms of profit and advantage, loss and disadvantage, identified better stuff for business or new ventures, trouble for business or more competition at market place.

SWOT refers to strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

SWOT analysis is a process where the management team identifies the internal and external factors that will affect the company’s future performance.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats stands for S.W.O.T.

SWOT is a Matrix that shows you on one page Followings :

Strengths:

• What advantages does your organization have?
• What do you do better than anyone else?
• What unique or lowest-cost resources can you draw upon that others can't?
• What do people in your market see as your strengths?
• What factors mean that you "get the sale"?

Weaknesses:

• What could you improve?
• What should you avoid?
• What are people in your market likely to see as weaknesses?
• What factors lose you sales

Opportunities:

• What good opportunities can you spot?
• What interesting trends are you aware of?
• Changes in technology and markets on both a broad and narrow scale.
• Changes in government policy related to your field.
• Changes in social patterns, population profiles, lifestyle changes, and so on.
• Local events

Threats

• What obstacles do you face?
• What are your competitors doing?
• Are quality standards or specifications for your job, products or services changing?
• Is changing technology threatening your position?
• Do you have bad debt or cash-flow problems?
• Could any of your weaknesses seriously threaten your business?

SWOT stands for Ogranization strenghts,weaknesses,Oppertunities and threaths.Strength and weakness are inrenal factors wihile the other two are external factors.

SWOT  ANALSYS means you have all the dimentions of a particular situation in hand. strenghts, weakness, oppurtunity , and threats . if you have taken all these aspects in mind about any given situation, you can easily make a decision tree to move on and have a better decision for specific issue. good luck