Purpose of assessing the functioning of organizations

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The six-box model is a framework developed by the Marvin Weisbord with the purpose of assessing the functioning of organizations. This framework can be used across a wide variety of organizations and is based mainly on the techniques and assumptions of the field of organizational development (Welcome, n.d.)

The six-box model is:

1. Purposes: What ‘businesses’ are we in?

2. Structure: How do we divide up the work?

3. Relationships: How do we manage conflict (coordinate) among people? With our technologies?

4. Rewards: Is there an incentive for doing all that needs doing?

5. Leadership: Is someone keeping the boxes in balance?

6. Helpful mechanisms: Have we adequate coordinating technologies?

Which of these 6 components of the Six Box model do you think is most critical, especially during times of change and uncertainty? Why?

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