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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 ...