In the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) framework, internal factors are associated with strengths and weaknesses.

### Why this is right Internal factors arise within the organization and are generally more subject to its control, so they shape its strengths and weaknesses. ### The concept The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats framework separates internal conditions from external ones. External conditions are outside the organization’s control and may create opportunities or threats. For example, employee skills are internal, while a new regulation is external. ### Terms - **Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT)**: A framework for sorting internal and external factors that affect an organization. ### Remember Internal means within the organization; external means outside it.