tailieunhanh - Organization Assessment

Every organization must adapt to an ever channing environment . Before going through complex changes process | DONG HOI URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT fill MM DỰ ÁN PHÁT TRIỂN ĐÔ THỊ ĐỒNG HỚI ZZ1 I I I --- COOPERATION SWITZERLAND-VIETNAM HỢP TÁC VIỆT NAM-THỤY SỸ DUDP LEARNING CENTRE 8. Organisational Assessment December 2004 Course adapted from Henley Management College s material Strategic Management by John Tompson and The Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Watermann DUDP Learning Centre 8. Organisational Assessment ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT Every organisation must adapt to an ever-changing environment. Before going through complex changes process it is crucial to know where the organisation stands and what are its Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats. In this course you ll learn how to assess strategically the position and direction of your own organisation and how to summarize them into a SWOT matrix. This course is mostly destined to public or administrative organisations. 1. Why an Organisational Assessment An organisation is constantly under pressure to adjust its structure strategy etc. to respond to external influences. Changes can be responsive and adaptative to influences or the organisation can adjust itself to anticipate expected changes. Before going through a transformation process that will orient the organisation to a different direction the actual location and direction must be known. An organisational assessment can make use of different and useful frameworks that help locate the organisation within external and internal contexts. An assessment intends to answer to the following questions Dong Hoi Urban Development Project 1 DUDP Learning Centre 8. Organisational Assessment How are we doing Where are we Where are we going An assessment is often the foundation for strategic decisions which answer to another question How are we getting there The four questions form the bases for the Strategic Management Process. Strategic Management involves awareness of how successful and strong the organisation and its strategies are and of how .