Sources of Competitive Advantage

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Session 27 Organisation Perspectives
Term 2 - 2008
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Seven S Framework
Strategy
Systems
Structure
Skills
Style
Staff
Shared Values
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Periods Perspectives Model
Strategic Perspective
Marketing Perspective
Organisational Perspective
Time Period
Operational Perspective
Economic Perspective
Finance/Accounting Perspective
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Periods Perspectives Model
Strat
Orgs
Mark
Change
Change
Time Period
Ops
Eco
F/A
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Organisational Change
The major issues which need to be considered are

• Why is change necessary?
• Diagnosing the present condition and problem(s)
• Identifying whether there is a need for change
• Determining change goals and the new state after
  the change

What needs to be changed? 4. Identifying which
organisational components need to change 5.
Identifying the impediments to change

• How should change occur?
• Selecting a change strategy
• Implementing the change strategy
• Establishing processes to maintain the new
  situation
• Evaluating the change effort

Dainty Anderson 1996
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BML Case Questions

• What are the key issues/factors in this case?
• What major decisions were taken and why?
• What are the significant learning points from the
  case?

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Personal Management Strategy

• Concerned with understanding
• Where you are now (analysis) (problem)
• Where you are trying to get to (solution)
• How you might get there (change)

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Domains
Change
Change
Partner
Career
Family
YOU
Course
Social
Work
Leisure
Exercise
Change
Change
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Transitions Curve
Deny Delay Dismiss Discover
Gaining Confidence
Uncertainty
Feelings of Competency
Testing
Recognition
Exploration
Development
Letting Go
Time
Low
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Mindset Model
Positive Mental Attitude
Capable
Singular
(Dismiss)
(Discover)
Narrow
Broad
Closed
Cautious
(Deny)
(Delay)
Negative Mental Attitude
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Risk Taking

• Involves an action which is unknown
• and/or uncertain.
• Affected by the individuals tendency
• to take risks.
• The degree to which the environment
• supports risk taking.

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Risk Taking

• Does your understanding of your preference to
  take risks in general, coincide with the score on
  the questionnaire?
• Does your preference to take risks in general
  seem to match with your preference to take risks
  in the organisation you work in?
• Do you feel that you should be taking more risks
  and if so is there anything you might do to help?
• Is there anything that your organisation can do
  to improve risk taking?
• Are there things you might do to help others
  take risks?