With Respect to the Text's Advice in Conducting a SWOT

question 12

Multiple Choice

With respect to the text's advice in conducting a SWOT analysis. which of the following best describes "Look for Causes. Not Characteristics"?

• A) Break down clichés into meaningful customer-oriented issues.
• B) Refrain from conducting a single generic analysis for the entire organization.
• C) Gauge the actual perceptions of customers that give rise to the firm's strengths and weaknesses.
• D) Focus on the resources possessed by the firm and/or its competitors that are the true causes for the firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• E) Clearly differentiate internal issues from external issues.

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Definitions:

Disconnect Switch

A Disconnect Switch is an electrical switch designed to completely cut off electrical power from part of a circuit or the entire system for safety or maintenance purposes.

Motor Starter Seal-In Contact

A contact in an electric motor starter circuit that maintains the circuit closed, keeping the motor running after the start button is released.

Programmed Contact

A virtual representation of a physical switch or condition used within PLC or relay logic to control the flow of a program.

Forcing Capability

Forcing capability refers to the ability within a control system, such as a PLC, to manually override the normal control logic to set an input or output to a specified state, useful for testing or emergency interventions.