San Francisco Giants Case Study

The San Francisco Giants are an excellent organization that has managed to successfully adapt to the changing forces externally and internally to become a championship team. They have demonstrated the Four Variables of Change: strategy, structure, technology, and people exceptionally over the years to get where they are now.

Strategy: The one main strategy the Giants have displayed is focusing their attention on drafting and developing talent, rather than using their minor league organization as a bait pool to find most of their major league talent, which they had often done in previous years. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, they were one of the worst teams in the major leagues at drafting and developing talent. Yet, in a three-year span, from 2006-2008, the Giants landed three cornerstones of their organization in the first round of the draft, a youthful gain of talent that has immensely helped turn the franchise around. Recent history had shown, that teams who are more likely to win in the modern game of baseball focus their time on drafting and development of talent rather than having the highest payroll. With the Giants strategies of blending talented young players and knowledgeable veterans, they have set the standard for how to be successful in the modern age of baseball. …show more content…
164). In 2014, Brian Sabean was the longest tenured general manager in the MLB. Many sources, including people in his own organization stated that Sabean had “old school” methods of running the organization; yet, he always kept new school people around him to keep up with changes, trends, and methods in society. The organization adapted to new things, but still kept their same