A SWOT analysis applied to the selected company

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to assess the environment of selected company and then apply the SWOT analysis. A MONTZA company, construction enterpriser, was chosen for this work. This company was founded in 1992 with domicile in České Budějovice city in South Bohemia. A SWOT analysis is a strategy planning method for evaluation of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats influencing the company. However, other methods were used to recognize the company´s environment. The fundamental method for the environment analysis was the STEP analysis. This analysis identifies the social, technological, economic and political influence on the company. An Analysis of results in particular functional areas was used for recognition of the company´s internal environment. This method analyzes the area of production, finances, marketing, management level, human resources and finally the research and development. An Analysis of cliques, which allows identification of particular cliques affecting the company, was used too. These steps were used for definition of the factors for SWOT analysis. A strategy for the company´s governing was defined according to comparison of these factors. This strategy shows what steps the company should do in the future. The most appropriate strategy was the Confrontation strategy, which consists in employing the strong points of the company for averting the threats