1. 7’S Framework
Mr Soumesh Ghosh
PhD Scholar, CMS
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology
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3. The Hard Ss & Soft Ss
Hard S’s
Strategy
Structure
System
Soft S’s
Shared
Values
Skills
Staff
Style
4. 1.Structure-A successful organization may make temporary
structural changes to cope with specific strategic tasks without
abandoning basic structural divisions throughout the
organization
2. Strategy- determines how you’re gonna beat your
competitors and succeed in your mission
3.Systems Systems are the resources and procedures that your
people use to do their work
5. 4.Style Represents the style of leadership adopted in the organization
5. Staff Successful organizations view people as resources who should be carefully
nurtured, developed, guarded, and allocated In other words, represents your
employees and their capabilities
6. Skills Refer to those activities organizations do best and for which they are
known. Eg. Du Pont is known for research. P&G for product management. ITT for
financial controls. HP for innovation and quality.
7. Subordinate Goals Guiding concepts, values and aspirations that unite an
organization in some common purpose.Your shared values determine the way you
work and the way you solve problems
6. Application of 7’s Model
• The McKinsey 7S Model can be applied to almost
any issue at work. If there are inconsistencies maybe
the team or company are not working effectively
enough.
• The model can help reveal such inconsistencies, and
we can ensure that they’re matched up to help you
share values and objectives with teams that are
responsible for making it happen
