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Mckinsey’s 7s
Framework
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What is the 7-S Framework?
It is a management model that describes 7 factors toorganize a company in an holistic and effective way.
Together these factors determine the way in which a
corporation operates. Managers should take intoaccount all seven of these factors, to be sure of successfulimplementation of a strategy. Large or small.
They're all interdependent, so if you fail to pay proper
attention to one of them, this may effect all others as well.On top of that, the relative importance of each factor mayvary over time.
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McKinsey 7s Model
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The Seven Elements
Hard Elements
Strategy
Structure
Systems
Soft Elements
Shared Values Skills
Style Staff
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Elements Description
Strategy: It is the plan or course of action in
allocating resources to achieve identified
goals over time. Structure: The way people & work/ tasks are
organized.
Systems: All the processes & informationflows that links the organization togather.
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Benefits of the Model
Improves the performance of acompany.
Examines the likely effects offuture changes within a company.
Align departments & processesduring a merger or acquisition.
Determines how best to implement
a proposed strategy.
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History…
It was first mentioned in "The Art Of Japanese Management" by Richard Pascale & Anthony Athos in 1981.
At around the same time, Tom Peters & Robert Waterman were exploring what made a company excellent. The 7 S model was born at a meeting of
these four authors in 1978. It was taken up as a basic tool by the
global management consultancy company McKinsey.
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Elements Description Shared Values: These are the core values of the
company that are evidenced in the corporate culture& the general work ethic.
Style: The way the managers behave.
Staff: The employees & their general capabilities.
Skills: The actual skills & competencies of theemployees working for the company.
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How to use the model?
To understand how the organizationalelements are interrelated, & to ensure that thewider impact of changes made in one area istaken into consideration.
To help identify what needs to be realigned toimprove performance, or to maintain
alignment (and performance) during othertypes of change.
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How to use the model?
To identify gaps & inconsistenciesbetween the current position & the future position of the company.
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Drawbacks The external environment is not
mentioned in the McKinsey 7SFramework, although the other variablesdo exist & that only the most crucial variables are depicted in the model.
The notion of performance oreffectiveness is not made explicit in themodel.
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Key Points . . .
The McKinsey 7Ss model is one that can be
applied to almost any organizational or team
effectiveness issue.
Inconsistency between some of the elements
can be identified by this classic model.
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Conclusion
The McKinsey 7S model can be applied to
elements of a team or a project as well.
The alignment issues apply, regardless of how you decide to define the scope of the
areas you study.
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