Personal SWOT Analysis

Personal SWOT Analysis

Written Communication Skills

Submitted To: Submitted By: Dr. Deepa Sethi Ashish Tripathi Section A JIML-10-030

Acknowledgement I Ashish Tripathi would like to thank my teacher Dr Deepa Sethi for providing me with the project “Personal SWOT analysis” and guided me wherever I needed help.

I would also like to thank my friends and my parents without whom this project would be incomplete.

Thank You 30-07-2010

STRENGTH As a management student I am still in the stage of learning. I am still experiencing and learning to build up my skills in the upcoming two years of learning. Some skills I possess and in some areas I need to polish my skills and for that I need to work hard. I feel that I have a command over the personality and public speaking. As I have done my graduation in a research field (Microbiology) due to that I have given many presentations and attended many seminars that provided me the strength of public speaking. By the public speaking, I have developed the confidence in myself. I had a subject named ‘Professional Communication’ in the first semester of my graduation due to that I posses the skill of written communication. There I read about writing business letters, resumes, circulars and also other kinds of technical writings like report writing, book reviews etc. According to friends, they feel that I have a command over technical writings and I have a presentable personality also my teachers in college felt that I am good at speaking and expressing(if prepared). I do not like to be judged by others because according to me a person can be best judged by his or her ownself. I have very precise networking resources, but the best one to utilize them effectively. Whether it be books or library or be it the access to internet I have resources to effectively use them. They guide me whenever I am wrong and appreciate me when I achieve something. I feel thankful to my parents and friends who advice me when I desperately need it. Their advice helps me to correct myself and help me to build up my confidence level. I personally feel that my failure in my early stage of my professional carrier is giving me a lot of experiences. If I am wrong at some place or in some point of time I try to accept my fault and correct them. I always learn from my negative aspects which life has given me till now. I have the capability to speak in front of the public. I feel as though i am not very excellent in presentations but I have the capability to put forward whatever comes in my mind at that particular moment.

WEAKNESS For me it is not very difficult to judge my weakness. Through this analysis I would definitely put forward my weaknesses. It has happened with me very frequently that when I am presenting an extempore I do not find words to express myself. I have thoughts but I find myself in a tip of tongue situation for words to express. Also I am not very comfortable in interacting with people whom I do not know. Being a part of this institute I am being continuously trying to interact with everyone not only in my class but also in my batch as well as the seniors. If I would focus on the written communication skills I am above average in technical writing but when it comes to grammer I would rate myself below average. I understand all tenses and other parts of grammer but I find it difficult to apply it. There are so many exceptions in grammer, that it becomes hard to remember them. If I talk about the resources which are being provided to me then the things work according to the person. It depends on person to person that how one makes the effective utilisation as a student we are been provided with a fully fledged library, a college server on which we get all the notes of every subject, but I am not able to utilise my time properly. Everyday I come to college with a new plan but everyday my planning fails. Resources are been provided to me unfortunately they are not being efficiently utilized. Change comes from within us so slowly I am working upon my aspect of weakness and I am very sure that I will learn to utilize my resources fully. There are certain areas where I am lacking to reach the standards and as a result of that I loose my confidence. There is a strong feeling in me that I can manage my things properly, but when I fail to do so, such as I planned a timetable for the whole day but as the day passes and tiredness dominates all planning fails out. When I do not study and come to the class prepared then automatically my confidence level declines. At times my basics don’t get cleared as a result of this sometimes it is hard for me to share my views in the class.

OPPORTUNITY With my biggest strength of public speaking I am working upon that area where I can very well serve an organisation as a management scholar. In fact I want to see myself five years down the line as a significant person in corporate sector. At this point of due to my poor interaction skills with people I cannot survive in the corporate world, but I have got two full fledged years to build up my strategy in dealing with people and interacting effectively with them. I am sure that with my confidence level I will definitely overcome my weakness. I always learn from my mistakes. So learning from our faults is a vital component of any functional authority of an organisation. If one does not learns from his mistakes then that person will have no scope for improvement further and in corporate sector it can result in major losses to personal as well as to the organisation. I have the potential to do the hard work that can be very helpful to me in my future; it can provide me a new opportunity to meet my targets easily and effectively. Taking the advantage of the strength can also be counted as strength. Writing business letters, circulars and agendas along with other kinds of technical writing and as I have mentioned earlier little bit of sharpening up my skills may prove to be beneficial in near future. With my confidence level I can build up a strong network of people around but this percentage may go down if I am not able to interact with people. I have an extra advantage of studing technical writing and professional communication as well as public speaking. With these skills I can become a successful manager in the near future if i effectively learn to utilize my resources and take the full advantage out of it during the two years course of study. With a biological background I find it an opportunity in the pharmaceutical or quality control sector to understand the issues which the company is facing as well. With a high confidence level I can develop the right attitude towards the set goals and objectives of the organization.

THREATS Since the future is unpredictable and there may be certain if’s and but’s. I have confidence that I can very well handle the situations but I should not ignore the core competency which I may face in future. How to tackle with these possible threats is my primary need at that particular time of moment. For that I need to work upon the things. As a student I find my present way of working a bit risky. Many a times I become very lazy. This led me to the mismanagement of studies. This can even lead to low average of marks and thus can effect greatly in my placement prospectus and even if I somehow manage to get a job then also it will greatly affect the organisation as leaving today’s work on tomorrow can lead to the company loss as well .Also the habit of wasting time in cafeteria can prove to be a poison for me in times to come as this can very efficiently develop into the habit. I know that I can very well attain success in life by overcoming my weaknesses but that is all possible only if I have strong determination. I want to do and perform well but there are certain road blocks in my way to a successful, like I want to particularly point towards the setting up and targeting the goals in the beginning but slowly all the enthusiasm goes off and filled with an another tiring day. I want to concentrate more upon my writing capabilities and improving upon my written grammer but due to the mismanagement of time I fail to do so. I should understand that if I have opted the career of being a manager then I should learn things and manage them properly. I suppose that there are some of my personality traits that can truly affect my work here in my two years of study as well as after my post graduation gets completed then also it can affect the organisation for which I am working with. Like public speaking has given me the edge of becoming an extrovert student but that can harm my future prospects as well. There are very probable chances that due to my extrovert nature I can break up the company’s policies and the organisations where security is the major factor like the information technology sector there can be chances of information flow .Such kinds of threats need to be worked upon .

ROAD MAP TO EXCELLENCE My biggest strength is my confidence level. I know that at times I get lazy but I have the “CONFIDENCE” that I can come over my problem. Also I can build up my strategic planning and put it to use effectively. The technical writings and professional communication can prove to be beneficial in the future aspects of my life. With the help of confidence I will surely surpass all the stones that tend to block my road to success. A person will only grow and rise up in his career if he had experienced a tough competition. There is no point to work hard if there is no competition. Competency is a major part of threat to me regarding my academics as well as my placement but it will serve as an opportunity that is being given to me to establish myself in the upcoming professional corporate world. To recognise the weaknesses and convert them into strength as it is the high time to do so. But still by reading books and newspapers can help in dealing with extemporise but I would also try to work upon my oral communication skills. I will also try to work upon my time management and reduce my time by not sitting too much in cafeteria. This can be possible only by self motivation. I am not motivated to that extent which is required but gradually I will definitely try to groom up my career by motivating it in the span of two years.