Assume for a moment that you are in charge of a tree. You are the president
of the tree and a major stockholder in it. Your task is to make the tree
successful and productive. Let’s further assume that you are well
trained in business. You have an advanced degree in marketing and special
training in management, planning and system design.
Now, the first thing
you’ll want to do is get organized. You apply all your training
and soon conclude that this tree needs to be re-engineered. In a meeting
with your top branches, a plan is generated with the following steps.
1) Assess current
productivity of all branches. (Finding: stagnant growth and minimal
fruitfulness.)
2 ) Define your
mission and vision. (To be abundantly fruitful and optimize our growth
while contributing to our environment. To spawn a great forest.)
3) Clarify the organization’s
values. (“We believe in being fruitful, growing constantly, making
a contribution to society and fostering the growth of others who have
integrity.”)
4) Define your organization’s
structure. (You select a pyramid structure, as you were trained to,
and chart all the players within it. Since roots and limbs look virtually
the same they can be charted together.)