identification of improvement priorities in organizational capabilities: a case study in the sport...
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Development of an approach for the identification of improvement actions, integrated in the organizational strategy. Assuming that there is a business context to support the improvement.TRANSCRIPT
Iden&fica&on of Improvement priori&es in
organiza&onal capabili&es: A case study in the Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior
Pedro Sobreiro, Teresa Bento & Rita Santos-‐Rocha @ESDRM
Santarém, 06-‐02-‐2014
Agenda
• Why this approach? • Some concepts used • Approach adopted; • Outcomes; • Final considera&ons;
Why this approach? • The organiza&ons are figh&ng for their survival, they need to develop improvements and maintain core ac&vi&es, in &mes of serious environmental restric&ons*;
• The improvement ac&ons should be targeted to priority areas with real impacts on the organiza&on needs;
• Defini&on of an approach that could support the decision with lightness and in real &me (e.g. mee&ngs);
• Lack of resources to develop project improvements and at the same &me, the need of ge[ng results;
* At least in Portugal. Its assumed to do more with less.
Why this approach?
• Approach ini&ally tested with the support and posi&ve feedback of top management of the Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior (ESDRM) and the head of the Office for Quality Assessment;
• The internal support and confidence was fundamental for the development of the solu&on and for the commitment to keep up going;
• This approach is integrated in a ac&on-‐research seeking improvement opportuni&es in sport organiza&ons;
What is capabili&es • Company skills coordina&ng resources and pu[ng them in produc&ve use. Skills are present in rules, rou&nes and procedures, that is, the style or manner which decisions are made and manage internal processes (Hill & Jones, 2007);
• A business capability is a par&cular ability or capacity that a business may possess or exchange to achieve a specific purpose or outcome. A capability describes what the business does (outcomes and service levels) that creates value for customers (Homann, 2006);
Hill, C. W., & Jones, G. R. (2007). Strategic management: An integrated approach. South-‐Western Pub. Homann, U. (2006). A business-‐oriented founda&on for service orienta&on. MSDN, Microsof Corpora&on.
What is capabili&es • A capability abstracts and encapsulates the people, process/procedures, technology, and informa&on into the essen&al building blocks needed to facilitate performance improvement and redesign analysis (Homann, 2006);
• Organiza&onal abili&es for doing something that’s relevant for is ac&vity and supports is existence reason;
• Abili&es simplify ini&al analysis represen&ng what the organiza&on should do to achieve is mission and accomplish is strategy;
Homann, U. (2006). A business-‐oriented founda&on for service orienta&on. MSDN, Microsof Corpora&on.
What is decision
• Raiffa (2002) considers in the decision four disciplinary approaches: (1) decision analysis; (2) behavioral decision making; (3) game theory and (4) nego&a&on analysis;
• EFQM (2001) proposes several tools that can be used in different types of decisions;
• Decision should be support and contextualized reducing the decision onus in the decision maker and giving confidence and to support op&ons;
Raiffa, H. (2002). Nego&a&on analysis: the science and art of collabora&ve decision making. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. EFQM. (2001). Excellence One Toolbook.
Perspec'ves in decision making Perspec&ves in seeing decision making. Group decisions are more complex than individual decisions (Raiffa, 2002).
Raiffa, H. (2002). Nego&a&on analysis: the science and art of collabora&ve decision making. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
What is a decision Matrix? • Several perspec&ves deal with the same problem, crossing objec&ves, investments, resources (what is available) with restric&ons, improvements, generally what to be solved;
• Bandara (2010) suggests business value for scoring (BVS) when relevant resources are scarce, and correct decisions must be made to make sure that those projects that are of best value are implemented;
• Tague (2005) in the quality toolbox suggests several examples to be used in decisions;
Gosenheimer, C. (2012). Project Priori&za&on: a structured approach to working on what maners most. Office of Quality Improvement: University of Winconsin-‐Madison. Retrieved from hnp://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Project_Priori&za&on_Guide_v_1.pdf Bandara, W., Guillemain, A., & Coogans, P. (2010). Priori&zing Process Improvement: An Example from the Australian Financial Services Sector. In J. vom Brocke & M. Rosemann (Eds.), Handbook on Business Process Management 2 (pp. 177–195). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Tague, N. R. (2005). The quality toolbox (2nd ed.). Milwaukee, Wis: ASQ Quality Press.
What is a decision Matrix?
• EFQM Excellence Model address some examples and where can be used;
• Gosenheimer (2012) proposes an approach to define a priori&za&on matrix and enhances is use advantages;
• All the perspec&ves consider crossing two elements, adding or not a scoring and heightening the factors;
Gosenheimer, C. (2012). Project Priori&za&on: a structured approach to working on what maners most. Office of Quality Improvement: University of Winconsin-‐Madison. Retrieved from hnp://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Project_Priori&za&on_Guide_v_1.pdf
Decision Matrix approach adopted
• Considering that the decision should be made in a given context, assuming the context as enabler to a desirable decision making (Sobreiro, Bento & Claudino, 2013);
• Decision should provide outputs to define improvement plans for the organiza&on;
• The decision matrix used with simple and quick implementa&on (e.g. using a spreadsheet) and in real &me (e.g. mee&ng);
Sobreiro, P., Bento, T., & Claudino, R. (2013). Operacionalização da estratégia das organizações despor&vas através da definição de axiomas, para um contexto de melhoria. Revista Intercon&nental de Gestão Despor&va, 3(0), 83–95.
Approach Steps
How to use
• Give a context as input. This assumes that is already defined organiza&onal context, like a systema&za&on of the business strategy;
• By systema&zed we understand the defini&on of basic constructs for the clarifica&on of what as to be done on the organiza&on (Sobreiro, Bento, & Claudino, 2013)
Sobreiro, P., Bento, T., & Claudino, R. (2013). Operacionalização da estratégia das organizações despor&vas através da definição de axiomas, para um contexto de melhoria. Revista Intercon&nental de Gestão Despor&va, 3(0), 83–95.
Create Business Context
1. Understanding the organiza&on mission and vision;
2. Iden&fica&on of the business strategy objec&ves
3. Iden&fica&on of key stakeholders; 4. Iden&fica&on of business capabili&es; 5. Evalua&on of the issues related to each
stakeholder; Adapted from: Coelho, J. (2013, April 4). Estrutura da Metodologia MLearn. Presented at the Formação BPM -‐ Arquitetura de Processos, AIP Lisboa.
Analyze context
• Evaluate strategic objec'ves with opera'onal objec'ves;
• Evaluate opera'onal objec'ves with business capabili'es;
• Evaluate stakeholders with strategic objec'ves;
• Evaluate stakeholders with opera'onal objec'ves;
Analyze Context
• The needs of improvement are materialized in business capabili&es that are targeted;
• Crossing objec&ves with stakeholders and capabili&es, facilitates de iden&fica&on of impacts (stakeholders) and organiza&onal improvements (business capabili&es);
• Clarify and supports the decisions with a broadness comprehension of the impacts;
Analyze Context
• Defini&on of opera&onal objec&ves aligned with stakeholders and business capabili&es;
• Defini&on of improvement and objec&ves priori&es;
• The pool of priori&es is used as an ac&on plan for the organiza&on;
Define Priori&es
• Capabili&es with the bigger overall score should be targeted first;
• Can be assumed other restric&on for a final pool of targe&ng capabili&es, like budget restric&ons;
• Excluding in final pool of improvements could lead to targe&ng to areas with bigger organiza&onal results and less investments costs;
Define Priori&es
For the sake of sample. Part of a matrix priori&za&on matrix used – several data were omined.
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Aumentar as ações em que estão envolvidos os parceiros 3
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Aumentar a visibilidade nos media 3
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Aumentar as ações em que está envolvida a comunidade escolar 2
Priorid
ade
Operacionais/ Competências
Manutenção de instalações
Rentabilizar espaços
Negociar com fornecedores
Gerir recursos humanos
18 52 7 12Prioridade –> 2 3 1 1
Outcomes
For the sake of sample. Part of a matrix priori&za&on matrix used – several data were omined.
Final considera&ons
• The decision matrix helps finding the way, but doesn’t walks the paths;
• Walking paths assumes the need the implementa&on of the capability improvements;
• Can be used in group decision or individual decision but is needed a context (business strategy) to support it.
• Group decision helps the involvement of the collaborators;