Organization:OverviewofCoreFrameworksLocalTrainingModuleForFirst-yearAssociatesAssociateHandbookFOREWORDANDOBJECTIVEThisOrganizationPractice(OP)documentprovidesanoverviewforuseinlocaltrainingsessionsforfirst-yearassociates.Itispartofa“seriesonfunctionalareas.”TheobjectiveoftheseriesistointroduceMcKinseypractitionerstothebasicsineachofourfunctionalareasofexpertise.AllthedocumentsintheseriesarecomprehensiveinnatureanddescribethecurrenttoolsandframeworksinthatfunctionalareaAttheendofthisdocument,youcanfindasectiondescribingaselectionofthecoredocumentsandhandbooksthatcangiveyoufurtherdetailsonsomeoftheframeworksdescriedhere.AllofthesedocumentsarenowonPDNet;andhardcopiesofthemcanberequestedfromPDNetExpress,whichwilldeliverthemin24hoursThecontentsofthisdocumenthavebeenadaptedforlocaltrainingsessionsthrough“SwitchingTracks”—OP’sfirst-yearmodulevideotape,whichcommunicatesthebasicconceptsinaconciseandvisualwayusinganactualclient—TheScandinavianRailroadCompany.Itis40minuteslongandshouldbepresentedin3shortsegments.Betweenthesesegments,thefacultymemberrunstheattachedexercises,addsanycommentaryhe/sheconsidersnecessarytoclarifytheconcepts,andprovidespersonalexperienceonselectedtopics.Acopyofthevideotapeandmoderator’sguidewithexercisescanberequestedfromtheFirmThisdocumentseekstoanswer4questionsSECTION1Whydoassociatesneedtoconsiderorganizationalissuesineveryengagement?SECTION2Whatframeworksdoweusetohelpourclientsimproveorganizationalperformance?SECTION3Whatroledoesanassociateplayinorganizationwork?SECTION4Wherecananassociatefindoutmore?McKinsey’smissionistohavelastingandsubstantialimpactonourclients.Tosucceed,weneedtoworkallthreeofthecriticalelements:choosethebeststrategy,developworld-classoperations,aligntheorganization.Thesethreeelementsbothreinforceandconstraineachother.Thebeststrategyisonlyrelevantifitisoperationallyandorganizationallyfeasible.Theoptimalorganizationaldesigndependsuponthestrategicrequirementandtheoperationalmethodsoftheclient.Thisdocumentfocusesonone...
