The 7-S frame work of McKinsey is a Value Based Management(VBM) model that describes how one can holistically and effectively organize a company. Together these factors determine the way in which a corporation operates.

- Shared Value : The interconnecting center of McKinsey’s model

- Strategy : Plans for the allocation of scarce resources to reach identified goals

- Structure : The way the organization’s units relate to each other

- System : The procedures, processes that characterize how important work is to be done

- Staff : Numbers and types of personnel within the organization

- Style : Culture of the organization and management style

- Skill : Distinctive capabilities of personnel or of the organization as a whole