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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders |
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