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  In the late 1970s, management consultants Robert H. Waterman, Jr., Thomans J. Peters, and Julien R. Phillips created the 7-S framework, a management and organizational paradigm. The productive organization change is not simply a matter of structure, although structure is important. Although strategy is critical too, it is not so simple as the interaction between strategy and structure. Our claim is that effective organizational change is really the relationship between structure, strategy, system style, skills, staff, and shared value. The 7-S model is designed to help organizations to analyze and improve their performance by considering seven interrelated elements that collectively shape the organization's strategy and structure. These seven elements all start with the letter "S," making it easy to remember. The 7-S framework consists of the following elements which are: Structure, Strategy, System, Style, Staff, Skills, and Shared value. Structure : S tructure refers ...

    The first step towards creating a motivated workforce should be to hire self-motivated people, says Gerald Graham. He says these people can be identified by taking a look at their history and experience. Unfortunately, with the exception of green field manufacture site, a company probably is not going to have much opportunity to start fresh with a new, entirely self-motivated group of people. We need ways of motivating people to understand and work with in the new organizational structure. Motivating employees is essential for maintaining productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction in the workplace. The top 20 ways to motivate employees are: 1.         Give Clear Goals and Expectations: Ensure that employees understand their roles and responsibilities, as well as the overall goals, expectations and mission of the business for their work that need to be done by particular departments. 2.        Provide R...