A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE DPTP
AND RECOMMENDATION FOR
PROPELLING WEALTH
CREATION IN THE UNIVERSITY
By Dr. B. O MOKUOLU
INTRODUCTION
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The directorate of the part time programme was
established for the following purposes
1.
To provide University education for interested
members of the society who may not have
opportunity to benefit from the normal
University education ( especially the working
class)
2.
To serve as a mean of generating revenue to the
University for efficient running of the system.
3.
To provide community relation service to the
immediate environment.
INTRODUCTION
CON’T
A
scan of the internal and external
environment of the part-time programme
shows that the current state of the
programme does not meet the yearnings of
both the University as a parent body and
the students as consumers of the service
provided. Therefore, the much needed
revenue from the programme has dropped
drastically due to low patronage
The SWOT Framework
SWOT Analysis Framework
Environmental Scan
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Internal Analysis
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External Analysis
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Strengths Weaknesses
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Opportunities Threats
SWOT Matrix
Strengths
The strengths of the DPTP are its resources
and capabilities that can be used for
developing a competitive advantage, such
strengths include:
 Highly-skilled
 History
of past success
 Availability
 Ability
Lecturers.
of patronage
to run multiple programmes
 Capacity
students
to admit a large number of
Weaknesses
 Late
release of students’ results
 Poor
remuneration of Lecturers
 Lecturers
not available to meet students
often enough
 Poor
quality control
 Curriculum
activity
too stretched for additional
Weaknesses - Continued
 Cancellation
of the sales of textbooks
 Low motivation and morale of workers
 Disruption of academic calendar by
unions strikes
 Poor learning environment
Opportunities
The external environment reveals certain new
opportunities for profit and growth. Such as
 Patronage
 Ability
to run different streams of the
programmes (evenings and weekends)
 Running
of new programmes such as
conversion programme from HND to B.Sc
Degree
 Willingness
of Lecturers
Threats
Changes in the external environment present
threats to part-time programmes. Some
examples of such threats include:
 shifts in candidates’ interest away from the
University
 emergence of competitors like open
Universities, private and new public
Universities running such programmes at a
faster and better way.
 Students coercion to do things they do not
wish to do
Recommendation and
suggestion
The directorate have a better chance at
developing a competitive advantage by
identifying a fit between the strengths and
upcoming opportunities.
To develop strategies that take into account
the SWOT profile, a matrix of these factors can
be constructed
SWOT / TOWS Matrix
TOWS
Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
S-O
Strategies
W-O
Strategies
Threats
S-T
Strategies
W-T
Strategies
SWOT / TOWS Matrix
 S-O
strategies pursue opportunities that fit
well the university strengths.
 W-O
strategies overcome weaknesses to
pursue opportunities.
 S-T
strategies identify ways that the
university can use its strengths to reduce its
vulnerability to external threats.
 W-T
strategies make a defensive plan to
prevent the university weaknesses from
making it susceptible to external threats.
RECOMMENDATION
 To
achieve the set objective of the part-time
programme, the management must create a
new vision, new rules and must be seen to do
things differently from the past.
 There
must be aggressive enlightenments of
the society about the new management
approach and the change in orientation that
can recreate the desired interest in the mind
of the candidate seeking university admission
by putting in place the following.
RECOMMENDATION cont’d
 Running
of effective and efficient University
Portal system. This will aid payment of
school fees as at when due
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Becoming ICT compliant will go a long way
in ensuring credibility and transparency in
processing of examination results, which
will also tackle the delay in the release of
results.
 Introduction
Programmes
of Additional Academic
RECOMMENDATION cont’d
 Expansion
of the available facilities such as
classrooms
 Strict
adherence to the academic calendar
of the PTP so that our students can write
exams as at when due, and graduate within
the stipulated period.
 Building
of relationship with the students
giving them sense of belonging and treat
them with dignity
RECOMMENDATION cont’d
 Encourage
fund circulation in the system
by opening bookshop for the sales of
reading materials produced by the
lecturers at a commission for the bookshop
 Provision
of facilities for tuck-shops and
eateries to be rented at a token by the
users
Conclusion
 All
and sundry must also demonstrate high
level commitment to the new
management approach that will yield the
desired result and avoid the usage of adhoc staffs who have no stake in the
system.
 We
need to realize that the students are
our products which we display to bring
forth greater patronage and thereby
increase our IGR
Appreciation
Thanks for
Listening