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Weisbord suggested in 1976 that there were six key areas in which things

must go right if an organisation was to be successful. This model, The

Weisbord Six Box Organisational Model proposes a diagnostic approach

for identifying the key areas to be addressed when developing or

implementing a strategy or change in an organisation (figure 2.3).

Figure 2.3 - Weisbord Six-Box organisational Model

Source Adapted From University of Luton, Effecting Change in HE

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The field of organizational development, ?Helpful Mechanism? is one of the most

important elements of Weisbord Model. It is concerned with the performance,

development, and effectiveness of human resources through the application of

technological solutions. In today?s technological age, technology provides simplistic

solutions, to complex work environment, and procedures. Hence, it increases

productivity, and work efficiency within the estimated operational costs. It is one of the

six sigma of Wiseboard Model. It is a hybrid technological solution, and its scope extents

to organizations with strategic planning through data, and report generation,

organizational performance evaluation, through various matrix analysis, team building

through action research, leadership development through the implementation of decision

system. It is part of a system as a whole that allows management to operate, and

change organizational culture through performance improvement, which can easily be

achieved by implementing organizational knowledge management system to facilitate

organizational learning; thus, process improvement is achieved through innovation and

creativity, succession planning, and quality management. In simple words, ?Helpful

Mechanism? is a support system that serves as a backbone to all the elements of

Weisbord Model for the purpose of achieving shared goals. In any organization across

the industry, external environments play an influential role. External environment can be

politics, state, and federal laws, and collective bargaining power of union. These

elements influences corporate behaviors. They demand organization change, which is

inturn implemented by Weiseboad model as a business solution