Creating an effective organisation What makes an organisation effective? Not an easy question, no easy answers. Often organisations find they deal with problems – or symptoms of problems separately. For instance, reviewing systems and processes – without consideration about how this interacts with the organisational culture, staff and skills, the organisational structure, and more that […]
Evaluation Did we do things right, and did we do the right things? “The most important thing about any evaluation is that it asks two distinct questions: did we do things right, and did we do the right things. The first question is a matter of fact and involves an assessment of performance: given what
In essence: strategy is about identifying the critical factors in a situation and the leverage points that can multiply the effectiveness of an effort. “Kernel of strategy contains three elements: a diagnosis, a guiding policy and coherent action” states Richard Rumelt. “MBA style business plans, no matter how well conceived and thought out, are always