Lesson Activities

Lesson 4 Force Field Analysis Discussion

Conduct a force field analysis on the implementation of a new technology that enables employees to be more productive (online performance tracking system, virtual office, collaborative project management system, cloud storage, etc.). To perform the analysis, list the forces favoring and impeding this change. To improve the efficacy of the change, either strengthen the forces favoring it or weaken the forces impeding it (which may be more advisable). Limit your post to 600 words in length.

Lesson 4 Group Discussion on McKinsey's 7-S Model (Group Work)

Ensure you reviewed all of the content for this lesson and based on your understanding of McKinsey's 7-S model for organizational diagnosis, please develop a list of information to collect in order to understand the variables in each of the seven dimensions and a list of questions that you would like to ask to see how changes in one variable affect the others.

Remember, the 7-S framework examines the elements that give a holistic understanding of an organization, these including

• strategy, a course of anticipated actions that allow an organization to achieve a competitive advantage;
• structure, the way in which tasks or chains of command are distributed;
• systems, which support the structure's effective functioning (for example, a performance management system allows management to ensure that outcomes are delivered in a quality manner);
• skills, or the individual and institutional skills within the organization;
• style (sometimes referred to as organizational culture), the way in which work is done in the organization;
• staff, the employees in the organization; and
• shared values, or what the organization is exerting to achieve. Shared values represent the essence of what the members in the organization believe.