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  • 1.  Re[2]: "7 S Model"

    Posted 07-16-1997 14:13
    Call McKinsey Company Consultants. They gave me a skeleton of the
    Model to use for a paper..They have an office in Chicago, IL that's
    where I called. There are several offices thru out the country.


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    Subject: Re: "7 S Model"
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    Date: 7/16/97 6:51 AM


    Both replies you previously received are correct -- the original source was
    Pascale & Athos. It was also referenced in Peters and Waterman, Search for
    Excellence as the McKinsey model.
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    From: "Jacobson, Carolyn J" <Carolyn.J.Jacobson@CDEV.COM>, on 7/15/97 4:26
    PM:
    I have been using a model that I came across that describes 7 dimensions of
    an organization. All of the dimensions begin with the letter "s" - (hence
    the name). It begins with Shared vision and values, then shows the
    Strategy, Structure, System, Style, etc. I have used the model to describe
    the areas of an organization that a leader needs to focus on.
    Unfortunately, I am unable to locate the author of the model, nor the name
    of the book in which the model was described. I understand that there may
    also be a similar model that includes 9 dimensions of an organization -
    again all beginning with an "S".

    Can anyone help point me in the right direction for either one of these
    models?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.