Archives by Tag 'analysis'
Organizational Development a true path to strategic development?
Traditionally Organisational Development (OD) was mainly concerned with the three S’s: Structures, Staff & Skills, we explore a more holistic approach in this piece looking at enabling OD to be more strategic.
SWOT analysis for schools and education
A SWOT analysis is a tool that can provide prompts to the governors, management teachers and staff involved in the analysis of what is effective and less effective in the schools systems and procedures, in preparation for a plan of some form (that could include audits, assessments, quality checks etc.).
SWOT or SOAR? – Strategy and tools in business
Some people have argued that it is time to move on from SWOT analysis to other things – in this piece we explore SOAR analysis an Appreciative Inquiry tool.
How to write a Critical Success Factor CSF
What are Critical Success Factors (CSF’s)?
Being practical when using CSF’s
Academic Background/ History
Types of Critical Success factors
Definitions
Five key sources of Critical Success factors
How to write a good Critical Success factor
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Critical Success factors
The Critical Success Factor (CSF) Method
Using Critical Success factors for Strategic and business planning
Examples of Success factors
Sample Critical Success [...]
PESTLE analysis for schools and education
PESTLE analysis are usually used in commercial organisations as a part of the strategic development of a business and marketing plan, however a PESTLE analysis can be used as part of identifying the opportunities and threats (SWOT) for operational planning in education, colleges and schools.
Writing academic reports and references
Often I am asked about the references for some of the pieces I have written about on this site, for example SWOT, PESTLE & SMART, so I thought it was about time to provide an answer here rather than just in person.
Unfortunately writing a reference for some of these is not as easy to answer [...]
Porters five forces
An Introduction to Michael Porter’s five forces is a model. Used to explore the environment in which a product or company operates.
Five forces analysis looks at five key areas mainly the threat of entry, the power of buyers, the power of suppliers, the threat of substitutes, and competitive rivalry.
SWOT analysis
Using SWOT as a strategic tool
Diagnostics and strategy maps
Strategy mapping as a monitoring tool for organisational development initiatives
