1. Organizational Appraisal.
Dynamics of internal environment.
Organizational resources.
People, Money, Material, Facility, System, Knowledge.
Organizational behavior.
Quality of leadership.
Management philosophy.
Shared values & culture.
Quality of work environment.
Organizational climate.
Organizational politics & use of power.
Strength & weaknesses.

2. Synergistic effects.
Synergy is an idea that the whole is greater or lesser than sum of parts.
Distinctive competence.
Organizational capability.
It is the inherent capacity or potential of an organization to use it’s strengths & overcome it’s weaknesses in order to exploit opportunities & face threat.
Strategic Advantage.

3. Organizational capability factor. Financial capability.
Factors related to sources of funds.
Factors related to usage of funds.
Factors related to management of funds.
Marketing capability.
Product related factors.
Price related factors.
Place related factors.
Promotion related factors.
Integrative & systemic factors.
Operational capability.
Factors related to the production system.
Factors related to operations & control system.
Factors related to R&D system.

4. General management capability.
Personnel capability.
Factors related to personnel system.
Factors related to organizational & employer characteristics.
Factors related to industrial relations.
General management capability.
Factors related to general management system.
Factors related to general managers.
Factors related to external relationships.
Factors related to organizational climate.

5. Information management capability.
Factors related to acquisition & retention of information.
Factors related to processing & synthesis of information.
Factors related to retrieval & usage of information.
Factors related to transmission & dissemination.
Integrative, systemic & supportive factors.

6. Considerations in organization appraisal.
Factors affecting organizational appraisal.
Ability of strategist to comprehend complexity.
Size of the organization.
Organization’s internal environment vitiated.
Approaches to organizational appraisal.
Systematic approach.
Ad hoc approach.
Sources of information for organizational appraisal.
Verbal.
Written.
Internal.
External.

7. Methods & techniques used for organizational appraisal.
Internal analysis.
Value chain analysis.
Quantitative analysis.
Financial analysis.
Non financial quantitative analysis.
Qualitative analysis.
Comparative analysis.
Historical analysis.
Industry norms.
Benchmarking.

8. Comprehensive analysis.
Balance score card.
Key factor rating.

9. Structuring organizational appraisal.
Preparing organizational capability profile. (OCP)
Financial capability factor.
Marketing capability factor.
Operational capability factor.
Personal capability factor.
Information management capability factor.
General management capability factor.
Weakness – Normal – Strength.
Preparing strategic advantage profile. (SAP)