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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Operations Causal Factor 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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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