Bringing Systems Change – Part 1

Whether we want to bring change in the society or change in the organization, this notes based on Theory U by Dr. Otto Scharmer of M.I.T can throw new light in your thinking process. BACKGROUND : First we can see the current reality. You can call it the Symptoms. The symptoms are in the form […]

Bringing System Change – Part 1

Whether we want to bring change in the society or change in the organization, this notes based on Theory U by Dr. Otto Scharmer of M.I.T can throw new light in your thinking process. BACKGROUND : First we can see the current reality. You can call it the Symptoms. The symptoms are in the form […]

Creating New Realities through 3 Transformations – Part 3

The third phase is *Transforming Action* (Read Part 1 and Part 2 ) Most people are related to action through the eyes of discipline, will power, effort and struggle etc. The real opportunity is to relate to action as a medium of learning. Learning by doing. Taking actions that generate feedback from the relevant stakeholders. […]

Creating New Realities through 3 Transformations – Part 2

Read Part 1 – Transforming Perception *** The next phase is *Transforming Self and Will* Each of us has 2 selves. The smaller self which is consumed by the need for survival, success and ego trips. The higher self which is the reflection of God(if you believe in God) or universal consciousness. As a leader […]

Creating New Realities through 3 Transformations – Part 1

The first phase of any initiative of creating new realities – whether it is at organization level, community , family or at larger levels is *Transforming Perceptions*. Transforming Perceptions has 3 aspects: How does one transform perceptions? First we have to realize that no one, NO ONE is ever connected fully with reality. Whatever reality […]

Your opinion : Is it really yours?

We get stuck in our opinions. Once we get stuck in our opinions, we get disconnected from others because they have their own opinions. Mostly they are also stuck in their own opinions. Personally or Professionally, individually or collectively – most of the disconnect happens because we all have opinions and inadvertently some of our […]

Leadership from the Emerging Future – A Special workshop for Entrepreneurs, Senior Management & Change Makers

https://bit.ly/LFEFCohort17 Learn and apply the principles of Transforming Perception – The first step for producing new kind of results for you and your team. For further information please contact: Manoj Onkar – manoj@managementinnovations.co.in; WhatsApp: 91-9106456275

INNOVATIVE THINKING SYSTEM

It’s time to innovate. Whether you want to innovate the business model, the products, the processes, the sales and marketing – this is the time to innovate. Let’s look at the game of innovation. First thing to understand is INNOVATION is not equal to CREATIVITY. INNOVATION = CREATIVITY + IMPLEMENTATION There are 4 key phases […]

Leadership is too important to leave it to ‘Leaders’. Isn’t it?

Organizations can no more afford to relate to some ‘leaders’ as leaders and bet the future of the whole organization and the eco-system on them. Also one is betting the PURPOSE and VISION of the Organization. In this really VUCA World, companies need to address couple of key Questions? What is the future of our […]

3 Transformations for Leadership & Change Management

As per Theory U by Dr. Otto Scharmer and the various related conversations, there are 3 key transformations that are critical for new kind of leadership to show up in organizations and in society. Transforming Perception: Sensing Transforming Self & Will: Presencing Transforming Action: Realizing & Fulfilling Transforming Perception: The world of Perceptions have 3 […]

Characteristics of Real Leaders : Shifting from EGO to ECO

Leaders of the 21st Century: They remove themselves from the center. They create space for others. They are good at listening. They are good at holding the space. They are good at attending to the whole. They are good at helping people to connect to the edges of the system. They are good at connecting […]

Business Impact of LFEF

Some of the organizational benefits of having the teams participate in the ‘Leadership from the Emerging Future’ (LFEF) Intervention Deep Relationships with Customers involving in-depth understanding of the customers’ view of the following: Their Important Objectives What they expect from you How would they measure your performance  Employee Engagement and Ownership: Increased bonding between the […]

Transforming Business & Leadership

Leadership from the Emerging Future 3 Transformations as the foundation of this new kind of Leadership Transforming how you perceive others and how you perceive situations, challenges and opportunities that you are dealing with Transforming how you perceive Self Transforming how others perceive you

7 Leadership Capacities

Seven Theory U Leadership Capacities The journey through the U develops seven essential leadership capacities.  1. HOLDING THE SPACE OF LISTENING: The foundational capacity of the U is listening. Listening to others. Listening to oneself. And listening to what emerges from the collective. Effective listening requires the creation of open space in which others can contribute to […]

Producing Results: Getting to the Source of Results

We are always looking at producing some results. Causing something. Avoiding something. Making something happen. Ensuring something doesn’t happen. What causes Results? Actions. Your Actions. Other People’s Actions. Also Inactions. What influences Actions? Thought Patterns As thought patterns change, one sees a change in actions and behaviours. What influences Thought Patterns? That is the million […]

What is Leadership in the 21st Century: Transforming PPP (Perception, Paradigm and Performance)

While leadership is accountable for the Performance and the Results. Leadership doesn’t cause the results. Leaders are not necessarily causing the results themselves. They are creating the environment in which results happen. The environment in which results happen includes the culture of the team and organization. It also includes the paradigm in which people operate. […]

Transforming the leadership and consciousness with which organizations, society and individuals operate.

For Leadership Team and Change Makers. Get trained and certified in the world’s powerful technology and make a big difference for your organizations. Master : Leadership Transformation Change Management Organizational Culture Management Development & Supervisor Development Teamwork & Breakthrough Collaboration Stakeholder Relationships Sales and Customer Service Technology that you use in large organizations and small […]

Sustainable Food Lab – Sensing the future that wants to emerge

SUSTAINABLE FOOD LAB WWW. SUSTAINABLEFOODLAB.ORG The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) comprises leaders from more than 100 organizations that represent a microcosm of the stakeholders in food delivery systems. The purpose of this large-scale intervention is to make food systems more sustainable. Current members include individuals from the following companies: Carrefour, General Mills, Nutreco, Organic Valley […]

Theory U & the African Public Health Initiatives

THE AFRICAN PUBLIC HEALTH, LEADERSHIP AND SYSTEMS INNOVATION INITIATIVE: This initiative will develop a replicable model for improving public health leadership and system performance using an approach called the Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab increases leaders’ effectiveness by cultivating their managerial skills and by addressing the attitudes, values, and relationships that drive behavior. It stimulates […]

Leadership & Change Management with Theory U @ ELIAS: Creating a global innovation eco-system

ELIAS: CREATING A GLOBAL INNOVATION ECO SYSTEM http://www.ELIAS-GLOBAL.com ELIAS (Emerging Leaders for Innovation Across Sectors) is a network of twenty global business, government, and civic organizations dedicated to finding productive solutions to the most confounding dilemmas of our time. Each member is a powerhouse in its realm—BASF, BP, Oxfam, Nissan, the Society for Organizational Learning, […]

Why Leadership Education needs to change?

To bring different results on the planet, we need different leadership. Actually we need a different leadership paradigm. Shifting from Past based to based on sensing and actualizing the higher future possibilities. Shifting from EGO to ECO. From thinking of some people, some interest groups to thinking of one and all – holistic, all inclusive. […]

Creating 21st Century University – Transforming Higher Education, Management & Leadership Development

Why higher education needs to change? Education needs to prepare people aware of the current world challenges and be able to bring new perspectives to address the current world. Also education needs to help people develop themselves for sensing the future and actualizing the highest future possibility. What are the key points for transforming education? […]

Leadership and Change Management with Theory U @ HP

HEWLETT PACKARD As part of the work done by Dr. Otto Scharmer and team, among many global organizations, HP has applied Theory U in change efforts within its digital photography business portfolio, focusing on improving the customer experience and cross-category business strategies. In 2005, HP launched an effort to improve the value of its digital […]

Leadership and Change Management with Theory U@ German Healthcare Network

Excerpt from https://www.presencing.org/assets/images/theory-u/Theory_U_Exec_Summary.pdf Multi-stakeholder InnovationTRANSFORMING A REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN GERMANY In a rural area of approximately 300,000 inhabitants near Frankfurt, Germany, a network of physicians applied the U process in several ways, including in a patient-physician dialogue forum. When negotiations between the physicians’ network and the insurance company stalled, the core group of physicians […]

Leadership and Change Management with Theory U @ Royal Dutch Shell

ROYAL DUTCH  SHELL Shell has applied some key elements of Theory U in change efforts at Shell EP Europe. In 2005 the organization was experiencing significant problems getting its new Plant Maintenance process to work. One site, a gas plant in the Netherlands, with about 60 staff members, was selected to be the pilot site […]

Leading in the Changing Economic Context

While management is about “Getting things done’, Leadership is about creating and cultivating the larger context – the fertile common ground and soil in which things can happen. Initially, business leaders embraced a directive approach i.e. command and control. Leaders setting the agenda and objectives designed to mobilize and guide the whole company. In the […]

Ignorance -> Hate -> Fear

The mass hysteria of CAA, Brexit, Trump and a World of Absencing/De-sensing … Also visible in Organizations, Communities and families. Everyone speaking – no one really listening. Deep Listening. Stuck in the absencing shown above and in inverted U below, instead of the bottom U of Presencing Economies of Destruction: Social Pathology We are stuck […]

Management Salt: 3 Cs of Creating an Innovation Culture

3 Critical Components of an Innovation Culture are: Curiosity Compassion and Courage. Curiosity: Curiosity is the primary driver for learning, exploring, asking, observing, seeking and experimenting. Curiosity allows us to suspend our opinions and judgements, and stuckness to the past and opens the possibility of finding out new facts, new paradigms, new data points and […]

Management Salt: Change Management Basics

“If you want to learn about an organization, try to change it.” ~ Kurt Lewin Any system or part of the system that you want to change – you can explore the system at 4 levels. Level 1: Visible Level: Symptoms, Results, Effects This is the level which is easily visible and many a times […]

Management Salt: What is the problem with Visioning Process and how do you deal with it?

There are 2 key elements in a Visioning Process. The first point is Whose Vision is it? Is it a Vision or a flaky statement of desire? If it is a Vision, is it an EGO Vision or an ECO Vision? i.e. is it about some small group of people or is it about all […]

Management Salt: Giving and Receiving Feedback

Transforming the Culture through each supervisor and manager. GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK Some Points: CONTEXT: Giving and Receiving feedback is one of the most important aspects of individual and organizational development. INTENTION: Giving and Receiving feedback should accomplish the following: Help the Individual improve their knowledge, skill, attitude and grow as a professional Improve the […]

MANAGEMENT SALT : How much management is good?

How much management is good? The guiding principle is: The amount of management required in an organization is inversely proportional to the quality of its people and the quality of alignment among its people. If your people are a highly competent team of self- generating leaders sourced by the common INTENTION (Purpose), the level of […]

Sales Leadership: Co-Creation

“The success of the intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervenor” – Bill O’Brien, former CEO of Hanover Insurance The success of a customer relationship depends on the interior condition of the seller. The interior condition meaning the quality of intention and the quality of attention and Presence. Is it an EGO Intention? […]

Why Teamwork doesn’t work and how to make it work

Everyone talks about teamwork. But does it really work? What do you do when you have wrong people on the team? Or People who really don’t know how to work on the team? What does it take to really make Teamwork Work? Consider the real issue is *What are you constituted as?* You can either […]

The Future of Leadership

Dear Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Change Makers, Pleased to share the 11th batch of Leadership from the Emerging Future http://bit.ly/LFEF-Cohort11The future of the organizations and the society depends on transforming the consciousness with which people, organizations and society operate.This unique workshop series is designed for developing new kind of leaders. Leaders who are deeply connected to people, sourcefully […]

Education 4.0: From Student-Centric to Activating Deeper Sources of Learning

In education and learning we have seen a very similar shift, the journey from: OS 1.0: Input – Centric operations, revolving around traditional teaching and teachers, to OS 2.0: Output – Centric, revolving around standardized curricula and teaching for testing, to OS 3.0: Learner – Centric, which puts the experience of the student at the […]

The Matrix of Economic Transformation: 7 Acupuncture Points that address the challenges of our current Economic Thought

These are 7 acupuncture points for Economic Transformation: The three classical production factors: Nature Labour Capital The modern production functions: 4. Technology                                                                    […]

Nature is not a Commodity, nor are People.

In his 1944 book ‘The Great Transformation’, political economist Karl Polanyi describes Capitalism as a commodity fiction. Capitalism, or the market society, is constructed on the foundation of a fiction – namely that nature, labour and money are commodities;they are produced for the marketplace, for consumption. But Nature is not a commodity. It is not […]

24 Principles of Large Scale Leadership and Change Management Interventions

The method of U(Theory U by MIT Prof.Dr. Otto Scharmer) is summarized in 24 Principles. Listen to What Life Calls You to Do: The essence of the U Process is to strengthen our ability to be present and consciously co-create. Listen and Dialogue with Interesting Players on the Edges: The second domain of listening takes […]

Innovating from the Future – Part 4: Co-Creating: Crystallizing and Prototyping the New (Spirit of Design Thinking and Mindfulness)

The aim of co-creating is to build landing strips for the future through prototypes that allow us to explore the future by doing. The prototypes evolve based on the feedback they generate. The ‘observe,observe,observe’ of the co-sensing phase becomes ‘iterate,iterate,iterate’. This method is inspired by design thinking and blended with presencing principles to make it […]

Innovating from the Future – Part 3: Presencing

Presencing: Connecting to the highest future potential After deeply immersing yourself in the contexts of most potential, the next movement focuses on connecting to your deeper source of knowing – the sources of creativity and Self. Presencing, the blending of sensing and presence, means to operate from the sources of one’s highest future possibility in […]

Innovating from the Future – Part 2: Co-Sensing

Having initiated a common intention with a core group, the next step is to form a team to take a deep-dive innovation journey through the stages of co-sensing, presencing, prototyping and institutionalizing. The Core group which often includes the executive sponsors and the team(execution team) tend to overlap. In small systems, the overlap could be […]

Innovating from the Future that wants to emerge – Part 1: Co-Initiating

Co-Initiating: Uncovering Shared Intention: The starting point of the process is to build a container (a holding space) for a core group that is going through the process together. This first stage lays the foundation for the later process and its impact. This first step of co-initiating focuses on uncovering common intention. Listening is the […]

21st century problems cannot be addressed with the 20th century vocabulary of problem solving

Society 1.0: Co-ordinate around Hierarchy. The core characteristic of this stage of societal development is a strong central actor that holds the decision making power of the whole. The positive accomplishment of a state-driven society, is its stability. The central power creates structure and order, with a calming of chaos that preceded it. The downside […]

What is your team and organization Culture? How do you alter the Culture?

Conversation creates the world we deal with in groups, organizations and society. Conversations happen in fields – i.e. conversations in groups tend to follow certain patterns, and those patterns rarely change. There is a limited set of conversational field patterns, meaning there is a limited set of qualities that a conversation can create in a […]

Presencing Vs Absencing : Creation Vs Destruction — The Leadership Challenge

There is fair amount of PRESENCING in the world; the sensing and actualizing of our highest future potential. But there is much more ABSENCING also happening on the planet right now. In the world of Absencing the three enemies of Voice of Judgement, Voice of Cynicism and Voice of Fear show up as: IGNORANCE HATE […]

Real role of Leadership: Building the Container – Holding the space for the future to emerge.

As Edgar Schein mentioned that there are really two types of people: those who understand process and those who don’t. Understanding process means to understand the making of our social relationships. If you want to change a stakeholder relationship from, say, dysfunctional to helpful, you cannot just order people to do it. You have to […]

New Paradigm of Learning: Learning from the Future as It Emerges

There are 2 different sources of learning. Learning by reflection on the past and Learning by Sensing and actualizing emerging future possibilities. All traditional organizational learning methods operate with the same learning model: learning by reflecting on past experiences. But we see that in real organizations, most leaders face challenges that cannot be responded to […]

Strategy Formulation Tools: MICHAEL PORTER Model for Industry Analysis

PORTERS MODEL FOR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Perhaps the best known tool for formulating strategy is the model developed by Michael E. Porter, an internationally acclaimed strategic management expert. Essentially, Porter’s model outlines the primary forces that determine competitiveness within an industry and illustrates how those forces are related. The model suggests that in order to develop […]

Strategy Formulation: BCG Growth-Share Matrix Model

BCG Growth-Share Matrix: The Boston Consulting Group, a leading consulting firm, developed and popularized a portfoilo analysis tools that helps managers develop organizational strategy based on market share of businesses and the growth of markets in which businesses exist. The 1st step in using this model is identifying the organization’s strategic business units (SBUs). A […]

A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

A LEARNING ORGANIZATION is an organization that does well in creating, acquiring and transferring knowledge, and in modifying behaviour to reflect the new knowledge. Learning organizations emphasize systematic problem solving,experimenting with new ideas, learning form experience and past history, learning from the experience of others, and transferring knowledge rapidly throughout the organization. According to Peter […]

Consumer Decision Making & Relationship Marketing

The Consumer’s decision to purchase or not to purchase a product or service is an important moment for most marketers. It can signify whether a marketing strategy has been successful or not. Therefore, marketing people are interested in the consumer’s decision making process. For a consumer to make a decision, more than one alternative must […]

Consumer Behaviour, Consumer Influence and the Process of Diffusion

What is Opinion Leadership? Opinion Leadership is the process by which the opinion leader informally influences the actions or attitudes of others, who may be opinion seekers or merely opinion recipients. Opinion receivers perceive the opinion leader as a highly credible, objective source of product information who can help reduce their search and analysis time […]

PRICING STRATEGY IN COMPETITIVE TIMES

Pricing has lot to do with the target audience that you are positioning your product and service offerings for? Do you want to target the uber rich and super rich or you want to target the rich and the upper middle class? These competitive times along with the recessionary pressures will force most of the […]

IIPM – Indian Institute of Planning & Management

Prof. Manoj Onkar has joined IIPM, Ahmedabad as a visiting Professor for conducting the HRS (Human Resource System). Keep in touch for further updates. MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS http://www.managementinnovations.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/manojonkar managementinnovations2020@gmail.com

PRANTIJ KELVANI MANDAL – VISION, MISSION & VALUES

VISION MISSION WORKSHOP – facilitated by Shri Manoj Onkar,Management Innovations. CORE VALUES : 1. SECULAR 2. HUMANE 3. OPENNESS 4. ACCOUNTABILITY 5. BEING SYSTEM ORIENTED 6. INNOVATIVE PURPOSE GROOMING CHILDREN TO BE CITIZENS ROOTED IN ONE’S OWN CULTURE LIVING BY VALUES EMPOWERED TO FACE CHALLENGES OF LIFE VISION Our Institutes – Centers  Of Excellence. Transforming […]

CHANGE & RELATED STRESS MANAGEMENT

CHANGE & STRESS     Whenever managers implement changes, they should be concerned about the stress they may be creating.   If the stress is significant enough, it may well cancel out the improvement that was anticipated from the change.   In fact, stress could result in the organization being less effective than it was […]

Factors for Change Management

FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHANGING AN ORGANIZATION   The following factors should be considered whenever change is being contemplated:   The Change Agent Determining What should be Changed The kind of Change to Make Individuals affected by the Change Evaluation of the Change   THE CHANGE AGENT:   The change agent might be a self […]

CHANGE MANGEMENT BASICS

FUNDAMENTALS OF CHANGING AN ORGANIZATION   Changing an Organization is the process of modifying an existing organization to increase the overall organizational effectiveness.   These modifications can involve any organizational aspect, but typically it affects the lines of authority, the levels of responsibility held by various organization members, and the established lines of organizational communication. […]

Performance Appraisals

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL   Performance Appraisal is the process of reviewing individual’s past productive activity to evaluate the contribution they have made towards attaining the organization’s objectives.   Performance Appraisal is a continuous review that focuses on both established human resources within the organization and new comers.   Its main purpose is to furnish feedback to […]

Training – Need Analysis, Design, Deliver and Evaluat

TRAINING   After recruitment and selection, the next step in providing appropriate human resources to the organization is Training.   Training is the process of developing qualities in human resources that will enable them to be more productive and thus to contribute more to organizational goal attainment.   The purpose of training is to increase […]

HR : Selection, Testing and Assessment Centers

SELECTION   The 2nd major step in providing human resource for the organization is SELECTION. Selection is choosing an individual to hire from all those who have been recruited (short listed).   Selection is obviously dependent on the 1st step which is recruitment. Selection is a series of stages through which job applications must pass […]

HR: Recruitment Basics

Appropriate Human Resource refers to individuals within the organization who make a valuable contribution to management system goal attainment. This contribution results from their productivity in the positions they hold.   Inappropriate Human Resource refers to organization members who do not make valuable contribution to the attainment of management system objectives. For one reason or […]

Centralization and Decentralization

The terms Centralization and Decentralization describe the general degree to which delegation exists in the company. Decentralizing an Organization:   The appropriate degree of decentralization for an organization depends on the unique situation of that organization.   Relevant Questions will be:   What is the present size of the organization? Where are the Organization’s customers […]

Obstacles in the Delegation Process

Obstacles that can make delegation within an organization difficult or even impossible can be classified into 3 general categories:   Obstacles related to the Supervisor Obstacles related to Subordinates Obstacles related to Organizations   Obstacles related to the Supervisor:   A supervisor who resists delegating his authority to subordinates because he cannot bear to part […]

ACCOUNTABILITY & DELEGATION

Accountability refers to the management philosophy whereby individuals are held liable, or accountable, for how well they use their authority and live up to their responsibility of performing predetermined activities. The concept of accountability implies that if an individual does not perform predetermined activities, some type of penalty, or punishment is justifiable. The punishment theme […]

TYPES OF AUTHORITY : LINE & STAFF ROLES

Authority is the right to perform or command. It allows its holder to act in certain designated ways and to directly influence the actions of others through orders. It also allows its holder to allocate the organization’s resources to achieve organizational objectives. AUTHORITY ON THE JOB : Barnard  defines authority as the character of communication […]

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY GUIDE

7 Responsibility Relationships among Managers, as used in the Management Responsibility Guide: General Responsibility: The individual who guides and directs the execution of the function through the person accepting operating responsibility.                                                 […]

RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibility is the obligation to perform assigned activities. It is the self assumed commitment to handle a job to the best of one’s ability. The source of responsibility lies within the individual. A person who accepts a job agrees to carry out a series of duties or activities or to see that someone else carries […]

Chain of Command

Departmentalization, Division of Labour, Span of Control and the 4th aspect of organizing effort is SCALAR RELATIONSHIPS – The Chain of Command. Every organization is built on the premise that the individual at the top possesses the most authority and that other individual’s authority is scaled downward according to their relative position on the organization […]

SPAN OF MANAGEMENT

After Departmentalization and Division of Labour, the third main consideration of any organizing effort is Span of Management – the no. of individuals a manger supervises. The more individuals a manger supervises, the greater the span of management. Span of management is also called the span of control, span of authority, span of supervision and […]

DIVISION OF LABOUR & Guidelines on Coordination

After Departmentalization, the second main consideration of any organizing effort is how to divide labour. Division of Labour is the assignment of various portions of a particular task among a no. of organization members. Rather than one individual doing the entire job, several individuals perform different parts of it. Production is divided into a no. […]

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE: In any organizing effort, managers must choose an appropriate structure. Structure refers to the designated relationships among resources of the management system. Its purpose is to facilitate the use of each resource, individually and collectively, as the management system attempts to attain its objectives. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART: An organizational chart is constructed in pyramid form, […]

ORGANIZING – 16 General guidelines by Henri Fayol

Organizing is the process of establishing orderly uses for all resources within the management system. Here, Orderly signifies the emphasis on the attainment of management system objectives and assist managers not only in making objectives apparent but in clarifying which resources will be used to attain them. IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZING: The organizing function is extremely […]

METHODS OF SALES FORECASTING

Modern Managers have several different methods available for Sales Forecasting. Popular methods are: Jury of Executive Opinion Method The Salesforce Estimation Method Time Series Analysis Method Jury of Executive Opinion Method: In the Jury of executive opinion method of Sales Forecasting, appropriate managers within the organization assemble to discuss their opinions on what will happen […]

PLANNING TOOLS

The planning tools are techniques managers can use to help develop plans. 2 of the most important tools are: Forecasting Scheduling FORECASTING: Forecasting is the process of predicting future environmental happenings that will influence the operation of the organization. Although sophisticated forecasting techniques have been developed only rather recently, the concept of forecasting can be traced […]

PLANNING AREAS: INPUT PLANNING

Organizational inputs,process, outputs and environment are major factors in determining how much the organization will be successful. Planning in areas, such as plant facilities planning or human resource planning, is called INPUT PLANNING – the development of proposed action that will furnish sufficient and appropriate organizational resources for reaching established organizational objectives. e.g.: Human Resource […]

TYPES OF PLANS

STANDING PLANS are used over and over again because they focus on organizational situations that occur repeatedly. SINGLE USER PLANS are used only once, or at most, couple of times, because they focus on unique or rare situations within the organization. STANDING PLANS: Policies, Procedures and Rules: A POLICY is a standing plan that furnishes […]

WHAT IS A PLAN?

A Plan is a specific Acton proposed to help the organization achieve its objective. A crucial part of the management of any organization is developing logical plans and then taking the steps necessary to put the plans in to action. Regardless of how important experience related intuition may be to managers, successful management actions and […]

TACTICAL PLANNING Vs. STRATEGIC PLANNING

Tactical Planning is Short range planning that emphasizes the current operations of various parts of the organization. Short Range is  defined as a period of time extending about one year or less in the future. Managers use tactical planning  to outline what the various parts of the organization must do for the organization to be […]

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION & STRATEGIC CONTROL

Strategy Implementation, the 4th step of the strategy management process, is putting formulated strategies into action. Without successive implementation, valuable strategies deeloped by managers are virtually worthless. The successful implementation of strategy required 4 basic skills: INTERACTING SKILL ALLOCATING SKILL MONITORING SKILL ORGANIZING SKILL INTERACTING SKILL: Interacting Skill is the ability to manager people during […]

SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES

SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES Analyzing the organizational environment and applying one or more of the strategy tools i.e. Critical Question Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Business Portfolio Analysis and the Porter’s Model; will give the managers a foundation on which to formulate organizational strategy. The 4 common organizational strategies that evolve this way are: Growth Stability Retrenchment Divestiture. […]

STRATEGY FORMULATION TYPES

Understanding the forces that determine competitiveness within an industry should help managers develop strategies that will make their companies more competitive within the industry. Porter has developed 3 generic strategies to illustrate the kind of strategies managers might develop to make their organizations more competitive: Differentiation Cost Leadership Focus DIFFERENTIATION: Differentiation, the first of Porter’s […]

Strategy Forumulation: GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix

GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix: GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix is a tools that helps managers develop organizational strategy that is based primarily on market attractiveness and business strengths. The GE Multifactor Portfolio was deliberately designed to be more complete than the BCG Growth Share Matrix. Each of the organization’s SBUs are plotted on a 2 dimensional […]