Magus Scanner
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Developing great organisations ...
 ... in a sea of change
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Introducing Magus Scanner

High-performing organisations need high levels of coherence - that means agreement about how resources are aligned behind the strategy; the strategic priorities being tackled; the organisational issues that critically need attention - and what is being done to resolve them.

Understanding not just the current level of organisational coherence, but the causes of any lack of coherence, has always been a serious challenge for managers wishing to get at underlying truths about their organisations.
Part of the challenge is that coherence is a management issue - in the sense of getting it right, and also when it drifts away. Management is both the cause and the solution, which can make discovery subject to data contamination. And yet, recurring themes about silo mentality, internal politics, power struggles and the like suggest that not all organisations achieve desired levels of coherence.
Scanner and discovery

Magus Scanner is a powerful discovery and change enabling tool. It uses web based data collection and inference engine technology to handle time and cost issues - and eliminates data contamination problems at the same time. It identifies strategically important issues, relating to organisational coherence, the business strategy and key 'organisational permissions'.

‘Organisational permissions’ are implicit signals in the design of all structures and processes - and management behaviours. Unlike the communications in 'formal' change programmes, permissions send signals to employees every hour of every day about 'what counts around here'. Because permissions are unintended and largely hidden, without Scanner they are generally difficult to track down - and hard to change."

Scanner graphical reports illustrate both the current degree of coherence in the organisation as a whole; and where changes are needed to increase it. Magus Scanner has two diagnostic tools that are designed to help identify these hidden drivers of key coherence issues and enable managers to convert that knowledge into remedial and developmental action.

Additionally, Scanner identifies potential change agents - the people who will be influential in helping the organisation to change and develop.
Scanner and change

The SMRRF model, (another Magus Toolbox product), is the concept that underpins the design of Magus Scanner. This is an integration model, as it has long been known that mono-dimensional development initiatives seldom produce the intended results.

(The SMRRF model, in simplified form, is illustrated to the right. For a full size image, please click on the image.

SMRRF is used to underpin the diagnosis of ALL the causes of any particular organisational problem, thus enabling the design of multi-dimensional interventions that have a high probability of success. Magus Scanner defines the current organisational state - rigorously and quickly, with minimal effort.

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In this way, Magus Scanner underpins a process of continuous change - a good antidote to the infamous, failure-prone change programmes.

For some screen-shots illustrating how Magus Scanner graphical reports illuminate issues of organisational coherence and permissions - and stimulate focused dialogue, please click on the image to the right.

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