Using Publicly-Available Information for Strategic Organizational Diagnosis and Design

  • Starling D. HunterIII
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Part of the Information and Organization Design Series book series (INOD, volume 4)

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to assess the feasibility of using publicly-available information, rather than inside or first-hand knowledge, for strategic organizational diagnosis and design. The chapter provides a detailed example of how business and popular press accounts on the leading U.S. biomedical firm, Medtronic, were identified, collected, analyzed, and transformed into inputs for the Organizational Consultant (OrgCon).

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Certainty Factor Matrix Configuration Chief Operating Officer Advanced Information System Centrifugal Blood Pump 
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