ORGANISATIONS We can use the human body as a metaphor for an organisation... The human body is comprised of several systems... nervous system skeletal system lymphatic system circulatory system digestive system respiratory system We require all of these systems to work together to enable us to have capabilities such as: If any of the systems are not working to enable these capabilities, our ability to be capable in that activity is compromised. We are relying on our bodies’ various systems to be in alignment to enable capability. walking driving eating talking We can also think about organisations in terms of systems learning culture process technology social infrastructure Examples of organisational capabilities could include: teaching children analysing data procuring products serving coffee... the Syllk model In organisations we need to ensure that each of these six elements are aligned to enable all the capabilities we want our organisation to be able to perform or deliver. Serving coffee Procuring supplies V0.03
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ORGANISATIONSWe can use the human body as a metaphor for an organisation...
The human body is comprised of several systems...
nervous system
skeletal system
lymphatic system circulatory system
digestive system
respiratory system
We require all of these systems to work together to enable us to have capabilities such as:
If any of the systems are not working to enable these capabilities, our ability to be capable in that activity is compromised. We are relying on our bodies’ various systems to be in alignment to enable capability.
walking driving eating talking
We can also think about
organisations in terms of systems
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cultu
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proc
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tech
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soci
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Examples of organisational capabilities could include:
model In organisations we need to ensure that each of these six elements are aligned to enable all the capabilities
we want our organisation to be able to perform or deliver.
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Procuringsupplies
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Learning Culture
Process Technology
More information...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX65v_mz24g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cGg7rKCuSE
Duffield, S & Whitty, SJ 2015, 'Developing a systemic lessons learned knowledge model for organisational learning through projects', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 311-24
The Syllk model helps us to remember that any organisational capability is not just in the experience and skills of staff (‘learning’), but also in the organisation’s culture, its social structures, infrastructure, technology and processes. Failure to recognise this distribution of capability across multiple systems (the Syllk elements) is like assuming that we only need a muscular and skeletal system to walk. We actually need many biological systems (including our nervous system and our cardio-vascular system) to work together to enable the human capability of walking.
Within an organisation, if we are creating a new capability, or are not performing a capability as we would like, we need to consider whether we have all the Syllk elements aligned towards achieveing that capability. If we have the required ‘learning’ and ‘infrastructure’ elements, but the other Syllk elements are working against the capability - there will be problems!
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of the Syllk elements required for the capability to serve coffee:example