Methods of analyzing workplace problems

SWTO should be the most mainstream and classic methodology for enterprises in market competition. When using this method to analyze problems, the name SWTO comes from four dimensions:

Strength (advantage)

Weakness (weakness)

Opportunity (opportunity)

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This method is often used to determine the competitive advantages, competitive disadvantages, opportunities and threats of an enterprise, thus organically combining the company's strategy with the company's internal resources and external environment. Advantages and disadvantages are the analysis of internal environment, and opportunities and threats are the analysis of external environment.

This model can be used in many ways. For HR who do recruitment, this method is also suitable for analyzing human resource strategy and solving the recruitment problem of a project.

26 thinking hat method

The six thinking hats method was put forward by British scholar Dr. edward de bono, and it is divided into:

White neutral objective thinking hat

Thinking hat of green innovation and seeking difference

Yellow optimistic positive thinking hat

Black critical negative thinking hat

Red intuitive emotional thinking hat

Blue planning management thinking hat

This method is often used in meetings. At the same time, members of the meeting can only wear a thinking hat, and contribute the principles and opinions that the thinking hat should abide by to the meeting during this time period to avoid wasting time arguing with each other. This method provides a tool of "parallel thinking", emphasizing "what can be" rather than "what itself is", seeking the direction of progress rather than arguing about who is right or wrong. The application of Bono's six thinking hats will make chaotic thinking clearer, turn meaningless arguments in groups into brainstorming, and make everyone creative.

3 mind mapping method

Mind mapping, also known as mind mapping, was founded by Mr. Tony Buzan, and it is a method to concretize the natural radioactive thinking of human beings. Mind mapping shows the relationship between topics at all levels with a hierarchical diagram that is subordinate and interrelated, and establishes the memory link between topic keywords, images and colors through the skill of paying equal attention to pictures and texts. Mind mapping makes full use of the functions of the left and right brains and the laws of memory, reading and thinking to help people develop in a balanced way between science and art, logic and imagination, thus helping thinkers to think and summarize in various directions.

There are many software for mind mapping, the most famous of which is Mindmanager, such as Xmind and FreeMind (you can tell by the name that there are the favorite functions of netizens), and Baidu Brain Map (cloud system) is also commonly used.

4 McKinsey 7-step analysis method

The seven-step analysis method is a set of business opportunity analysis methods summarized by McKinsey & Company based on a large number of cases they have done. It is a way of thinking and working, which is very important for both new and mature companies in practical application.

The ability to solve problems is usually the product of careful and systematic thinking, and anyone with talent can acquire this ability. Orderly thinking and working methods will not stifle inspiration and creativity, but will encourage them. The problem-solving methods of consulting companies are not only very effective for solving enterprise problems, but also worth learning for solving any complex problems that need in-depth thinking.

For example, why should the government curb the rise in housing prices? How to get promoted? How to plan the establishment of marketing department? These problems can be analyzed by McKinsey's seven-step poetry and song writing method, and a more scientific conclusion can be drawn.

Fishbone diagram analysis method

Fishbone analysis, also called causal analysis, was invented by Japanese management master kaoru ishikawa, so it is also called Ishikawa diagram.

Fishbone diagram analysis is an analysis method to find the "root" of the problem. Through brainstorming, find out the factors that affect the characteristics of the problem, and arrange them together with the eigenvalues into a hierarchical graph according to their correlation.

Modern business management education, such as MBA and EMBA, can be divided into several advanced technical analysis, such as fishbone analysis based on problems, reasons and countermeasures. As a tool to analyze and think, sort out ideas and find problems, fishbone diagram is a sharp weapon to help comprehensively and systematically understand problems, refine problems and find solutions.