| 20080313557 | System and Methods for Diagnosing and Managing Organization Change - A system and methods for diagnosing and managing organizational change. A method for diagnosing solutions to organizational performance issues comprises: receiving a list of issues which affect performance of an organization; in response to user input selecting a predefined category for each issue, generating a diagnostic chart including each issue in a column corresponding to the selected category; creating arrows connecting issues on the diagnostic chart based on user input specifying causal connections between issues; in response to user selection of a particular issue on the diagnostic chart, displaying a theme chart including all issues from the diagnostic chart connected to the particular issue; identifying a direct connection arrow between a first issue and second issue on the theme chart which are already connected indirectly through one or more other issues; and automatically removing from display the direct connection arrow, so as to clarify information displayed to the user. | 12-18-2008 |
