Benefits and Disadvantages of Tools for Analysis in Organization Behavior

Organization Behavior

Contents
1. Balance Scorecard...................................................................................................................1
2. McKinsey 7-S..........................................................................................................................1
3. The Level Three Leadership....................................................................................................2
4. 9 Tests by Goold and Campbell...............................................................................................3
5. Business model canvas............................................................................................................4
6. Enterprise model......................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES LIST.......................................................................................................................6

2. The benefits and disadvantages of these tools
In order to make proper analysis for Danone, there are different type of tools that are
used. All these their own set of benefits and disadvantages. Below given are the disadvantages
and benefits of all the tools:
1. Balance Scorecard
Advantages:
 Effective strategic planning: It enables to provide powerful framework for
communicating and building up strategies. Further, it help to determine the gap identified
by the employer (Niven, 2011). This way, appropriate steps are taken so that
organizational can be attained.
 Overcoming challenges: It enables firms like Danone to overcome functional challenges
like raising of intangible assets, implementing strategy and performance measurement. It
provides metrics that makes managers to use assets in systematic manner.
 Personal scorecard: Employees are the one who present the products and services to
customers (Malina, Nørreklit and Selto, 2011). Balance scorecard helps to evaluate and
analyse the performance of workers and in identifying the areas in which improvement
needs to be made.
Disadvantages:
 Time and financial cost: The cost involved in this process is high and in balance
scorecard significant investment is required by Danone. It is important for the company
to manage its system constantly and actively (Malina, Nørreklit and Selto, 2011).
Management need to know the way system works or it increases the cost for training.
 Lack of External Focus: The tool provides findings from internal sources but it does not
provides information about external problems. For example, focus can be made on
customers but it fails to identify other key performance indicators like change in business
environment, competitors, etc. of Danone (Weber, 2008).
 Employee resistance: There are employees who support balanced scorecard but there are
who favor it through mouth but resist its implementation.
2. McKinsey 7-S
Benefits:
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