STRATEGIC PLANNING

AND THE 7S FRAMEWORK

Strategic planning refers
to
• the management processes in
organisations which help

• the management to determine the future

impact of change and

• take current decisions to reach

• the desired future

McKinsey’s 7S framework
• Organisational
change is a complex
relationship of
• Strategy
• Structure
• Systems
• Style
• Skills
• Staff
• Super ordinate goals
STRUCTURE hard S
• Network of

• Information and
controls

• Rules and procedures

• Decision-making
mechanisms

• Authority
relationships
SYSTEMS hs
• all the rules, regulations and
procedures,

• both formal and informal,

• that complement the

STRUCTURE
STYLE soft s
• The patterns of actions taken by

• the top management

• over a period of time

• Reporting relationships

• Organisational culture
STAFF
• Staffing is
“the selection,
placement,
training and
development of
appropriately qualified
employees”
Staffing includes two fundamentally
different processes:

• Selecting people for specific

organisational purposes

• Developing in them the abilities

and skills that they would need to
be effective in those and
subsequent assignments
SKILLS
• The most crucial attributes or
capabilities of an organisation

• Distinctive competence

• Part of organisational character

 THE FRAMEWORK

Organisation

Hardware Software

Strategy Systems
Style
Structure Staff

Skills

Shared values