19/07/2022
The McKinsey 7s model
The McKinsey 7s model was developed in the 1980s by McKinsey consultants Tom Peters, Robert Waterman and Julien Philips with help from Richard Pascale and Anthony G. Athos. Since its inception, the model has been widely adopted by academia and practitioners and remains one of the most popular strategic planning tools. Attempts have been made to focus on human resources (soft S) rather than traditional mass production of capital, infrastructure and equipment as the key to improving business performance. The purpose of the model is to show how the 7 elements of an organization: structure, strategy, skills, people, style, systems and shared values align to achieve organizational effectiveness. The key point of the model is that all seven domains are interconnected, and changes in one domain require changes in other parts of the organization to function effectively.