Category: Business

Organization’s Workforce Strategy

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The consultancy firm, McKinsey & Company, developed the 7S model as a tool for their business clients, and it has become a staple of organizational assessment. The model is a practical tool that can be used to understand and evaluate the performance of an organization in 7 critical areas:
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1. Strategy
2. Structure
3. Systems
4. Style
5. Staff
6. Skills
7. Shared Values
In this assignment, you will examine 5 of these areas at your organization: Strategy, Style, Staff, Skills, and Shared Values. All these performance areas directly affect your workforce strategy. Workforce planning is critical to distribute talent across an organization and to identify needed competencies and personnel, both for the short term and for the long term. It is also a valuable tool for leaders seeking ways to address challenges due to changes in the workplace environment and employee expectations.

 

 

Organization’s Workforce Strategy

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The consultancy firm, McKinsey & Company, developed the 7S model as a tool for their business clients, and it has become a staple of organizational assessment. The model is a practical tool that can be used to understand and evaluate the performance of an organization in 7 critical areas:
1.
1. Strategy
2. Structure
3. Systems
4. Style
5. Staff
6. Skills
7. Shared Values
In this assignment, you will examine 5 of these areas at your organization: Strategy, Style, Staff, Skills, and Shared Values. All these performance areas directly affect your workforce strategy. Workforce planning is critical to distribute talent across an organization and to identify needed competencies and personnel, both for the short term and for the long term. It is also a valuable tool for leaders seeking ways to address challenges due to changes in the workplace environment and employee expectations.

 

 

An article where a business was either successful or failed in the implementation of a new strategy

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Research an article where a business was either successful or failed in the implementation of a new strategy. Provide an overview of the business, what was the strategy change or addition that was successful or unsuccessful and why.

Provide enough information to prompt a discussion. Also provide a complete APA citation with a link to your article. For your discussion, consider the following:
If your company was successful, include your thoughts on what you learned from this company and what were the key elements that made it a success.
If your company was not successful, include your thoughts on what you learned from this company and what were the key elements that made it not successful.

Organization’s Workforce Strategy

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

The consultancy firm, McKinsey & Company, developed the 7S model as a tool for their business clients, and it has become a staple of organizational assessment. The model is a practical tool that can be used to understand and evaluate the performance of an organization in 7 critical areas:

  1. Strategy

Examine 5 of these areas at your organization: Strategy, Style, Staff, Skills, and Shared Values. All these performance areas directly affect your workforce strategy. Workforce planning is critical to distribute talent across an organization and to identify needed competencies and personnel, both for the short term and for the long term. It is also a valuable tool for leaders seeking ways to address challenges due to changes in the workplace environment and employee expectations.

Using your current workplace, or an organization with which you are familiar, write a short report of 3 to 5 pages. Use this format: a short introduction, explaining the purpose of the report; a section for each assessment area, using the prompts below; and a conclusion that briefly summarizes your findings. Each section in the body of the report addresses one of the 5 assessment areas, as indicated below.
Use the prompts provided below as a guide for the five sections in the body of your report:
Strategy – this must align with your organization’s mission, vision and goals.
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• Briefly describe the business strategy of your organization
• How well is your workforce strategy aligned with your organization’s business strategy?
• How has your workforce strategy changed with the increase in remote and hybrid work?

Style – this relates to the type of leadership that is customary at your organization.
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• What is the prevailing leadership style of your organization (e.g., participative, autocratic, collaborative)?
• Is it the appropriate style for the challenges of today’s workplace? Why or why not?

Staff – the staffing numbers are driven by the budget.
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• Does your organization have the numbers and type of employees needed to execute its current strategy?
• If not, is there a plan in place to address the shortfall?

Skills – these are the competencies needed to execute the work and fulfill the strategy.
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• Does the leadership understand the competency requirements across your organization?
• Are the required competencies represented by your organization’s current staff?

Shared Values – these are the norms of behavior and self-management valued at your organization.
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• Do the people in your workforce understand the norms of behavior your organization endorses and expects?
• How are the shared values in your workforce being impacted by the shift to more employees working remotely or with a hybrid schedule?

Difficulties with Applying Social Sciences to Social Problems

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There are several scientific difficulties in successfully applying social science to solve social problems. There are three main scientific issues (Randolph and Haynes, 1968):

1. the so-called “Hawthorne effects” or changes in behavior that result from the fact that individuals are subjects in an experimental study;

2. the inadequacy of existing data on social problems and individual behavior and the flaws of indirect data; and

3. the manipulability of social factors variable in social scientific analyses of problems.

 

Funding request

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If you’re asking for funding, this is where you’ll outline your funding requirements. Your goal is to clearly explain how much funding you’ll need over the next five years and what you’ll use it for.
Specify whether you want debt or equity, the terms you’d like applied, and the length of time your request will cover. Give a detailed description of how you’ll use your funds. Specify if you need funds to buy equipment or materials, pay salaries, or cover specific bills until revenue increases. Always include a description of your future strategic financial plans, like paying off debt or selling your business.

 

 

 

Behavior lens by discussing the motivating operations

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Think about your own behaviors either now or in the past. Explain that behavior through a behavior lens by discussing the motivating operations that supported the behavior (either evoking or abating). Was the motivating operation conditioned? unconditioned? A surrogate? Justify using your course materials why the operation you discussed is a MO and not an SD.

Improvement project for your practice or healthcare organization

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Suggest an improvement project for your practice or healthcare organization that would improve patient safety or quality. What information would you like to have about your practice area that could be extracted using data mining strategies? Briefly explain how you would design an improvement project that would utilize the data mined to improve a process or a patient outcome. Before implementing the intervention(s) you’ve described in your improvement project, explain the importance of consulting with clinical experts. What are the ethical implications of data mining in improvement projects?