- How beneficial are your products/services to targeted users?
- Is your target market niche a specialty that makes it a competitive advantage for you?
- Do you have a marketing calendar and budget that is just the right combination of the 5 P’s for your target market?
- Are you currently profitable and do you have a history of strong earnings?
Limit Of Scope For Organizational Assessments
Limit of scope for organizational assessments– An important decision when setting your assessment system is the overall scope. There is always a need to begin looking at what is happening immediately outside of a workgroup, but the question becomes, “How far outside?” The further from the day-to-day operation a system can take your thinking and reflection, the more it is likely to produce change and adaptation. The downside is in determining how you should appropriately respond to the information you receive. In process-based organizations, this question is directed first in customer/supplier terms.
Most businesses could benefit from taking a critical look at their business from a strategic perspective. Here are some checklist questions that should help you gain some objective, actionable insight into your company.
Business Assessment Checklist–
Asking intelligent questions of employees or customers and analyzing their responses is important for executives who are responsible for making decisions and setting corporate strategy. Ask the wrong questions of the wrong people, and you will not receive the necessary organizational intelligence needed to drive optimal outcomes. Worse yet, you might waste valuable time and resources during the process. Instead, find the right strategic questions to ask.
Organizational Assessments Defined – Organizational assessments follow a systems science approach to analyze a proposed transformation, determine the impacts of the transformation on the organization, assess the preparedness of the organizational entities to adopt the transformation, and assess the “people and organizational” risks associated with the transformation.
Organizational assessments follow a system science approach to assess the dynamics at work in the sponsor’s organization. The approach is to collect data and analyze factors that impact organizational performance to identify areas of strength as well as opportunities. There are a number of excellent models for understanding and analyzing data during an organizational change assessment.
These tips can offer a limit of scope for organizational assessments.
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Dr. Jeff Evans
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