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The Debate Begins
Alignment of Vision
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of their counterparts, many stop too soon instead of investigating merger/ acquisition potential or other creative options in their market area.
If you truly can’t afford the capital, in most cases it means your organization has a limited lifespan. Our industry generally is not ready to openly acknowledge this reality, but it is true nonetheless. Merging with another organization can infuse life into both and may provide leverage to create a sound future that includes progressive alternatives like the Household Model.
The main thing is, do a thorough and professional analysis of your options before closing the door to your potential.
ALIGNMENT OF VISION AND RESOURCES BEGINS
Prefeasibility Analysis May Open Doors You Haven’t Thought Possible
Before you limit your organization’s future, we strongly suggest you invest in project pre-feasibility forecasting to help determine what truly is financially possible – whether you can do only limited improvements or accomplish the Household Model.
Administrators many times will first engage an architect to begin programming and design and, in effect, use them as the primary instrument to determine if a project is even feasible. This can be a very expensive approach. It is very important to evaluate your existing operational health and translate your vision into budget parameters before beginning the design process. Prefeasibility analysis is the preliminary stage of establishing early measures and indicators of project feasibility before engaging expensive development professionals in the design process.
If you are able to do the Household Model, the pre-feasibility study will further indicate if you are able to retrofit your existing plant or build new households from the ground up. Both are very desirable options.
If only limited improvements are feasible, the Household Model is not possible but other culture change advancements clearly are. Alternative models with more gradualist philosophies should be fully explored to determine the best fit for your organization. Completing the pre-feasibility study helps determine not only the extent of your ability to infuse capital into the organization, but also which model of change you can work toward.
But Where Do We Start?
Assessing current capital in terms of human, environmental and
“Administrators many times will first engage
an architect to begin programming and design and, in effect, use them as the primary instrument to determine if a project is even feasible. This can be a very expensive approach.”
“Prefeasibility analysis
is the preliminary stage
of establishing early measures and indicators of project feasibility before engaging expensive development professionals in the design process.”