Writing Critique:

CRITICAL APPROACHES
 OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the topic the students will be able to:

1. Distinguish the critical approach used in an excerpt;

2. Apply the critical approach in interpreting book
cover;
3. Realize the relevance of filter or various lenses in
literary interpretations.
Critical Approaches
⮚Sometimes called lenses, are different
perspectives we can consider when looking at
literary pieces.
Literary Works Artworks

CRITICAL APPROACHES

Events Programs
FORMALIST APPROACH
⮚ a way in which a reader can approach, analyze and
understand using the inherent features of text
⮚ Done by being completely objective in analysis
while ignoring external factors
⮚ Disregards the environment, era and author to
focus only on the work itself
⮚ Sees literary work as an object in its own right
SWOT Analysis

⮚ is the most renowned tool for audit and analysis of the

overall strategic position of the business and its
environment.
⮚ Its key purpose is to identify the strategies that will create
a firm specific business model that will best align an
organization’s resources and capabilities to the
requirements of the environment in which the firm
operates.
SWOT Analysis

⮚ it is the foundation for evaluating the internal potential

and limitations and the probable/likely opportunities and
threats from the external environment.
⮚ It views all positive and negative factors inside and
outside the firm that affect the success
SWOT Analysis
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
Strengths - are the qualities that enable us to accomplish
the organization’s mission. These are the basis on which
continued success can be made and
continued/sustained.
- can be either tangible or intangible. These are what
you are well-versed in or what you have expertise in, the traits and
qualities your employees possess (individually and as a team) and the
distinct features that give your organization its consistency.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
Weaknesses - are the qualities that prevent us from
accomplishing our mission and achieving our full
potential. These weaknesses deteriorate influences on the
organizational success and growth.
- Weaknesses are controllable. They must be
minimized and eliminated.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
Opportunities - are presented by the environment
within which our organization operates.
- Organization should be careful and
recognize the opportunities and grasp them
whenever they arise.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
Threats - arise when conditions in external environment
jeopardize the reliability and profitability of the
organization’s business.
- Threats are uncontrollable. When a
threat comes, the stability and survival can be at
stake. .
SWOT Analysis Framework
SWOT Analysis Framework
Internal forces External forces

Opportunities:
Strengths: Anything happening outside which
What are we good at? might actually benefit us if we
take advantage of it?

Threats:
Weaknesses:
Anything happening outside which
What do we need to get a
we need to be able to defend
grip on?
ourselves from?
The Planning Process…
The 4-Step approach is a simple structure that helps us to look
both holistically and in detail at the drafting and development as
well as the implementation of our Plan:
STEP 1: Where are we now?
STEP 2: Where do we want to get to?
STEP 3: How are we going to get there?
STEP 4: How will we know when we have got there?

Environmental
Scanning
The Planning Process…

Environmental Scanning= Situation

Analysis
Organizational Audit
⮚ Organizational History
⮚ Organizational profile
⮚ Previous and current strategies
⮚ Financial Assessment
⮚ Governance structure
The Planning Process…

Environmental Scanning= Situation

Analysis
Stakeholders
⮚ Stakeholder Analysis
• which individuals or organizations to include in your
planning process
• what roles they should play and at what stage
• who you should build relationships with and how you
might nurture those relationships

⮚ PESTELI Trends Analysis

⮚ Benchmarking
References

https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook/organisa
tion-management/5d-theory-process-strategy-development/strategic
-planning
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/environmental-scanning.h
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https://edukedar.com/steps-in-planning-process/