1. PRANAV DHANANIWALA

3. History
The 7-S Framework was first mentioned in "The Art Of
Japanese Management" by Richard Pascale and Anthony
Athos in 1981.
It also appeared in "In Search of Excellence" by Peters
and Waterman 1982.
The model was born at a meeting of these four authors in
1978.

4. McKinsey’s 7s Model

5. Shared Values
(Superordinate Goals)
the interconnecting center of McKinsey's model
set of traits, behaviors, and characteristics that the
organization believes in
include the organization’s mission and vision

6. Strategy
plans for the allocation of a firms scarce resources over
time to reach identified goals
plans of action an organization prepares in response to,
or anticipation of, changes in its external environment

7. Structure
represents how the company is organized
refers to how organization's units relate to each other:
centralized; decentralized; matrix, network

8. System
refers to the formal and informal procedures that
govern everyday activity, covering everything from
management information systems, through to the
systems at the point of contact with the customer
(retail systems, call center systems)

9. Staff
refers to the company's people resources and how they
are developed, trained and motivated
selection, reward, recognition, retention, motivation and
assignment to appropriate work are all key issues here

10. Style
refers to the employees shared and
common way of thinking and behaving -
unwritten norms of behaviour and
thought

11. Skill
refers to the distinctive capabilities of
personnel or of the organization as a
whole which are needed to effectively
execute the company’s vision, values,
goals and strategies

12. Uses of the 7-S Model
helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of an
organization and
understanding the core and most influential factors in an
organization’s strategy
determining how best to realign an organization to a new
strategy or other organization design