Organizational Development: A Manual for Managers and ... - FPDL

Thus, the whole strategic management (planning and implementation) process must involve the
following stages:
a) Setting criteria and priorities for development (why we exist as an organization).
b) Preparing a certain mental map (an applicable model reality).
c) Analysis of the current situation (where we are).
d) Rolling out a virtual provisional landscape (what can be, providing nothing special will be
done to change the force field).
e) Making a strategic choice about the desirable future state on the provisional landscape
(formulating a vision of where we want to be at a certain time; this may be done in the form
of an objective or set of objectives). If this was successful – go to stage ‘g’). If there is no
acceptable end to choose from – go to the next step.
f) Evaluation of a range of possible interventions that would change the landscape and
provide a more or less realistic perspective that would include a desirable future state
among possible options. Create a new provisional landscape for consideration. Then return
to stage ‘e’.
g) Determining the general path (sequence of creods and bifurcations) to the desirable state
(policy formation).
h) Finding out which core factors (parameters, aspects) of the given landscape should be
addressed to adhere the landscape and create a path for desirable development
(identification of strategic discomforts).
i) Diagnosing problems and opportunities that should be solved or utilized in order to make
necessary adjustment s to the landscape.
j) Solving problems and making decisions regarding a sequenced set of specific SMART
goals, based on the evaluation of realistic trajectories that are to be reached.
k) Planning and carrying out necessary actions to reach the goals (implementation).
l) Continuous supervision of the changing landscape and analysis of the relevance of the
strategic choice (if not – then go to the stage ‘c’), the general path, the defined problems
and opportunities, the goals and plans (if not – then go the corresponding stage to repeat a
cycle).
m) From the given landscape (as it is seen at any given moment) looking forward for
bifurcations, planning and implementing necessary actions to control what will happen.
n) Analysis of each new situation (where we are).
o) Checking and evaluating expected results against criteria (do we have what was wanted?).
p) Determining and evaluating unexpected results (do we need to eliminate new additional
discomfort that appeared as a result of our actions or accidentally?).
q) Celebration of success (if there is any), or move to stage ‘c’. (If not…).
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