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The '1442' method for analysing organisations

طريقة 1442 في تحليل المنظمات

A model Tareq al-Suwaidan describes as his own invention for assessing or founding any organisation: planning at the top, then four pillars of work and four pillars of competition, then the infrastructure of building and money.

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Global / Diaspora

Politics, governance and authority

Summary

The "1442 method" is the model that Tareq al-Suwaidan teaches in the seventh lesson of the Leaders' Academy for assessing, or founding, any organisation. He calls it his own invention, drawn from long work with dozens of organisations. He says it has no references and that he had not yet written it in any book. 1 He named it 1442 because it is drawn like a football line-up: one element at the top, two rows of four beneath it, and two at the base. That makes eleven elements in all. 2 3 By "organisation" he means any organised group: a company, an association, a party, a ministry or a state. 3 The same lesson opens the DISC test, which analyses persons rather than organisations. 4

One: planning

Planning stands alone at the top, "number one and without rival". He says that when he asks organisations whether their plan is written, ninety per cent say it is not. A plan that is not written, he says, does not count. 5 He links the strategic horizon to size, and asks for goals that can be measured. 6 7 See strategic planning.

Four: the pillars of work

The first row of four he calls the pillars of work. He compares them to the pillars, obligations and sunnas of the prayer: a cracked pillar brings the whole down. 8

  • Leadership. The organisation should be led, not only managed. "Leadership focuses on relationships and the future," he says, while management focuses on results now. He advises a leadership body without portfolios, kept separate from the executive office. 9 10 11
  • Members and staff. Never hire after a single interview, and prepare the questions. Always ask why the candidate left the last post and what his faults are. Hire for character, analytical ability and speed of learning. 12 13 14 15 People are hired for competence, he says, but eighty-five per cent of those dismissed lose their posts through behaviour. 16
  • System and regulations. Their aim is to reduce errors, not abolish them; otherwise there would be no need for leadership. 17
  • The curriculum. He means the idea the organisation stands on, which must be clear and sound, together with its expected outcomes and its phases. He does not mean a textbook. 18 19 20

Four: the pillars of competition

The second row of four keeps an organisation ahead of others. 21

  • Training. His minimum is fifteen hours a year for every junior employee and forty-five for middle and senior staff, with three per cent of the expenses budget spent on training. 22 23
  • Technology. It is open to everyone. As historical examples he gives the mangonel at the siege of al-Ta'if and the trench, a system new to the Arabs. 24 25
  • Quality and service. He names ISO and Six Sigma. He says al-Risala channel obtained ISO in its first six months and was the only Arab channel to hold it. He sums up all quality systems in one law: "write what you do, and do what you write". 26 27 28
  • Creativity. Ask every year, "What is new this year?", and introduce one major new thing each year. He says his Creativity Academy did this in its first years. 29 30

Two: infrastructure

At the base are the building and the money. 31 32 He says organisations die for two main reasons: the money runs dry, or everything rests on a single leader. So the funding should be planned together with the idea. 33 34 He closes the lesson on reliance on God after full effort. 35

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Subject of
Akadimiyyat I'dad al-Qada, the Academy for Preparing Leaders (filmed training course)

People and things also explored

Leadership and the leader's six roles· Situational leadership· Power and influence (Tareq al-Suwaidan)· Vision and mission in strategic planning· Strategic planning· Operational planning· Teamwork and running meetings· Life management and choosing one's field

Sources

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