ABSTRACT

Organization Design looks at how to (re)design an organizational system in order to increase productivity, performance and value, and provides the knowledge and methodology to design an adaptive, agile organization capable of handling the kind of continuous organizational change that all businesses face. The book clarifies why and how organizations need to be in a state of readiness to design or redesign, and emphasizes that people as well as business processes must be part of design considerations.

With an enhanced international focus, this third edition includes new material on:

  • organization design theories
  • designing ethical, diverse and inclusive organizations
  • the role of leaders in organization design work
  • organization design in public sector organizations
  • and evaluating the success of an organization design project

This book is a must-read for students or practitioners involved in organizational design, development and change.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|30 pages

What is organization design?

chapter 3|29 pages

Practitioner attributes, skills and roles

chapter 4|24 pages

Starting

chapter 5|33 pages

Designing

chapter 6|29 pages

Planning to transition

chapter 7|28 pages

Transitioning

chapter 8|28 pages

Optimizing

chapter 9|32 pages

Leading, communicating and engaging

chapter |7 pages

Glossary

chapter |51 pages

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