SWOT Analysis Is a Simple but Powerful Tool for

question 33

Multiple Choice

SWOT analysis is a simple but powerful tool for

• A)gauging whether a company has a cost-competitive value chain.
• B)sizing up a company's resources and capabilities, strengths and deficiencies, its market opportunities, and the external threats to its future well-being.
• C)evaluating whether a company is in the most appropriate strategic group.
• D)determining a company's competitive strength vis-à-vis close rivals.
• E)identifying the market segments in which a company is strongly positioned and weakly positioned.

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Definitions:

Small Discrepancy

a minor difference or deviation from what is expected, generally not sufficient to cause concern.

Auto-motive Theory

The theory suggesting that motivations can be automatically triggered by environmental cues without conscious intention.

Goal-related Stimuli

External cues or information that can influence motivation and action toward achieving a goal.

Higgins's Self-discrepancy Theory

A theory positing that individuals experience emotional discomfort or psychological distress due to discrepancies between their actual self, ideal self (aspirations), and ought self (sense of duty or obligation).