This document discusses organizational appraisal and historical analysis. Organizational appraisal is the process of monitoring an organization's internal environment to identify strengths and weaknesses that may influence its ability to achieve goals. Historical analysis is based on past experience and acts as a baseline for future actions and standards of comparison. It involves considering each area individually, comparing the overall picture, comparing weaknesses to strengths, recognizing that strengths and weaknesses are relative, and considering the totality of the picture. Limitations include not solely focusing on areas of bad performance and needing to compare performance to competitors.

1. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

2. ORGANIZATIONAL APPRAISAL
Organizational Appraisal is the process of
monitoring an organization’s internal
environment to identify strengths and
weaknesses that may influence the firms ability
to achieve GOALS. It include identifying
strengths and weaknesses.

3. STRENGTHS
Strength can be a skill, a competence, a valuable organizational
resource or competitive capability or achievement that gives
company an advantage.
WEAKNESSES
A weakness is something the company does not have or
does poorly or a condition that outs it at a
disadvantageous positions.

5. • Historical Analysis is an analysis which is based on
past experience and act as a base for future
action and standard for comparison.
• Before 1992, the Indian industries were protected
too much and now they are having no support.
They are expected to stand on their own legs
failing which they are to face extinction.
• Past strengths and weaknesses helps in Historical
Analysis.

6. FEATURES OF
HISTORICAL
ANALYSIS

7. CONSIDERING EACH AREA ONE AT A
TIME
COMPARISON OF OVERALL PICTURE
COMPARISON OF WEAKNESS TO
STRENGTHS
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE
RELATIVE
TOTALITY OF PICTURE

8. 1. CONSIDERING EACH AREA
ONE AT A TIME
• The allocation of resources depends on the
objectives and policies prevailing at that
period under reference.
• Current conditions are related to the past
achievement objectives or future expectation.
• Past strength may become a weakness at
present. Therefore, the criteria of allocation of
resources changes with the changing time.

9. 2. COMPARISON OF OVERALL
PICTURE
• After having taken stock of strengths and
weakness segment- wise or each area.
• The next step is to have overall view where
these are compared in relation to one
another.

10. 3. COMPARISON OF
WEAKNESS TO STRENGTHS
• There is need of comparing weakness with
strengths.
• Weakness may stop one from taking risks. That is
one should be cautious but not over cautious.
One should not allow the weakness to dominate.
It does not mean that one should underestimate
the same.
• It pays to capitalize on strength and to take
calculated risk than remaining in state decision.

11. 4. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
ARE RELATIVE
• Weaknesses and strengths are not only
relative but also unique.
• We should compare ourselves with our
competitors where strengths and weaknesses
are seen from our angle.
• Competition must be between the equals.
Further, each unit enjoys a unique position
and should note that strengths and
weaknesses cannot be compared.

12. 5. TOTALITY OF PICTURE
• What is important is that having the
comparison of strengths and weaknesses in
totality.
• The historical analysis has a purpose of
designing a strategy for the future. The
analysis of strengths and weaknesses should
be such that it covers the entire unit and not
just a part of it.

13. LIMITATIONS
1.Focus not only the areas of bad performance.
2.Comparison with the competitors.

14. FOCUS NOT ONLY ON THE
AREAS OF BAD PERFORMANCE
 The focus should not be only on the areas of bad
performance as it only shows where an
organization is lacking .
The analysts should find out the reasons for bad
performance so that the corrective measures
should be taken.

15. COMPARISON WITH THE
COMPITETORS
Historical analysis is only meant to show up
improvements with regard to ones own
performance .
Organizations should be more concerned with
there performance in comparison to the
competitors .