Fuzzy choices and poor management can blunt action and demoralize any organization, not just a virtual one. A clear sense of strategy and sequencing most important things to do appropriately are essential. B. Causes and Constraints Analysis of strengths and weaknesses - opportunities and challenges is essential for a virtual organization. It is also dangerous. Too often these analyses are shallow, focussed on one cause to the neglect of others, designed to set a framework for a particular solution or not conducted in systems fashion.
Much analysis is problem oriented.
The danger here is the potential to reinforce negative social science. Frequently the search for opportunities generates an agenda for action. D. Pollitical Feasibillity Over and over development programs of all types fail because of inadequate attention to this dimension. It is critical to constantly determine - who wins and who loses. This political dimension is not limited to institutions, but includes individual faculty members, departments, administrative structures created for a purpose at one time and now seeking to maintain.