MCKINSEY 7S FRAMEWORK - OVERVIEW

A management framework to evaluate a firm’s organisational effectiveness and to determine if any elements are out of alignment with the firm’s overall vision
Note: Hard elements = tangible policies or methods that are easily changed | Soft elements= harder to determine and are changed through shifts in corporate
culture
Competencies and capabilities that can be Plan to remain competitive. Strategy needs
Strategy
leveraged to determine if the client has the to clearly show what the key objectives and
skills needed to achieve future goals goals of the business are
Skills Structure

Management style and corporate culture. Shared Corporate hierarchy and critical business
How staff is managed and the impacts this Values units, as well as key responsibilities for
has on productivity employees and teams
Style Systems

Recruitment, training, and development Procedures in place to achieve business

Staff outcomes (typically the daily activities)
needs

Shared Values: Norms, principles, and standards that are the ‘company guidelines’ that all staff members follow

Soft Elements Hard elements

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In the one slide brief, the boxes should indicate how well aligned each element is or if there’s room for improvement

XYZ requires more technical knowledge in XYZ’s Strategy is clearly defined and critical
Strategy
order to best leverage the planned staff are aware of how it translates to their
technological infrastructure overhaul activities
Skills Structure

Flat hierarchical structure. Team is highly Shared While critical business units are clear, XYZ’s
motivated due to in part an Agile Values operations team is silo’d from the other
management style. departments
Style Systems

XYZ’s is badly understaffed, relying on

Daily Systems are poorly defined, with little
seasonal volunteers and few permanent Staff handover documentation
employees

XYZ’s values are well defined and understood, however changes need to be made to better implement this into day to day operations

Soft Elements Hard elements

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To go into more depth on each element, you should have several slides which goes into detail for 1-2 elements. Soft = : Harder to specifically determine, needs
to be changed through shifts in corporate culture

Strategy

Skills Structure

Shared
Values

Style Systems

Staff

Soft Elements Hard elements

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Strategy

Skills Structure

Shared
Values

Style Systems

Staff

Soft Elements Hard elements

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Strategy

Skills Structure

Shared
Values

Style Systems

Staff

Soft Elements Hard elements

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