THE MCKINSEY 7S MODEL
              Strategy              Systems               Skills                Staf
              Strategy              Systems               Skills                Staf
                         Structure             Shared                Style
                                               Shared
                         Structure             Value                 Style
                                               Value
          MCKINSEY 7-S                                                     ENSURES COMPANY IS 
          MCKINSEY 7-S                                                     ENSURES COMPANY IS 
           FRAMEWORK                                                       ALIGNED TO ITS GOALS
           FRAMEWORK                                                       ALIGNED TO ITS GOALS
            Analyze impact of future                              Enhancement of 
             organizational change                                organizational efectiveness
            Comprehensive           ADVANTAGES                        Aligns organizational 
              framework             OF 7S MODEL                       departments & processes
         Links academic research with                             Implementation 
             management practice                                  strategies
                                                         THE 7 INTERDEPENDENT ELEMENTS
             Actions a company plans                                                                                                                                                   Guiding concept around which a 
                                                                            Formal and informal                                     Process used to develop 
             in response to change in                                                                                                                                                        business is built – must be 
                                                                        procedures that support                             managers and ways to introduce 
             its external environment                                                                                                                                                 simple, usually stated at abstract 
                                                                      the strategy and structure                              young recruits to the company
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  level
                     STRATEGY                    STRUCTURE                      SYSTEMS                         STYLE                         STAFF                        SKILLS                       SHARED 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        VALUES
                                         Basis of specialization and 
                                                                                  Organizational Culture: The dominant values,                             The distinctive competences – 
                               coordination influenced primarily by 
                                                                                     beliefs & norms which develop over time.                               what the company does best
                                     strategy, size, and diversity of 
                                                       organization                  Management Style: More a matter of what 
                                                                                      managers do that what they say, how do 
                                                                                         company managers spend their time.
                 THE 7 INTERDEPENDENT ELEMENTS
                                                                                            Purpose of the 
                                  Hard Elements                                                                                                     Division of 
                                                                                          business & the way                                                                                         Formal procedures 
                                                                                                                                                    activities; 
                                                                       STRATEGY             the organization               STRUCTURE                                              SYSTEMS             for measurement, 
                                  Soft Elements                                                                                                  integration and 
                                                                                           seeks to enhance                                                                                              reward and 
                                                                                                                                                   coordination 
                                                                                            its competitive                                                                                          resource allocation
                                                                                                                                                   mechanism
                                                                                              advantage
                                      Explicit or implicit                                                                                        Organization’s 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Typical behavior 
                                        fundamental                                        The organization’s                                   human, resources, 
                   SHARED                                                                                                                                                                              patterns of key 
                                      beliefs, concepts                   SKILLS           core competencies                    STAFF              demographic,                      STYLE
                     VALUE                                                                                                                                                                             groups, such as 
                                     and principles that                                     and distinctive                                     educational and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       managers, and 
                                     underlie the culture                                     capabilities                                          attitudinal 
                                                                                                                                                                                                     other professionals
                                      of an organization                                                                                          characteristics
                                                                                      S
                                                                 Y                     TR              What structure do we 
                                                               G                         U
                         What should we do to solve the       E                           C
                                                             T
                                                           RA                              T           need to execute the 
                            specific business problem?    T                                 U
                                                         S                                   RE        strategy?
                                                                                                       S
                What are the specific skills                     SHARED VALUE                          Y           What business system 
                                                 S                                                     S
                                                 L
                   that will help us? What                       SHARED VALUE                          T           do we need to use or 
                                                 L                 Which of our principles help 
                                                 I                                                     E
                     skills do we need to        K                 us? Why do we do what we            M           invent to execute the 
                             develop?            S                  do in the way we do it?            S           strategy?
                                                                                                      What leadership style and 
                                How should we help our                                                cultural qualities will help us 
                                                           S                                LE
                                                            T                              Y          to achieve a strategic 
                              managers in their growth?      A                            T
                                                              FF                         S            objective?