Strategy depends on combining lots of parts in a way that can deliver. Even if your strategic position and intentions are good, you still need to remember the importance of fitting parts together. This model was designed to consider connections between each of those parts – and to remind you that ‘structure is not organisation’.
Peters, Athos and Waterman’s 7-S framework
The polygon has six vertices, where each vertex is labelled with an element of the Peters, Athos and Waterman's 7 S framework. The elements are as follows. Structure, systems, style, staff, skills, strategy. At ...
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