Org Structure Isn’t Everything in Org Design

There are a lot of approaches to organization design, but none are reliable and construct-valid. It ignores how personhood and work are intertwined. In addition, the organization isn't a self-aware social singularity, so employees are differentiated as futuristic cogs who 'energize' themselves autonomously. A strategy that can only focus on one sid... See more

We need to think critically and understand things better, not less. Trying to reduce human systems to animal systems doesn't take into account how knowledge changes over time. In addition, it misses out on the most important element of those animal systems, being, doing, and interacting. At Nature of Work, we have developed a method of organization... See more

...we’ve been trained to think of organizations as homogenous and mechanistic, with a clear set of rules, a command-and-control structure, and the ability to leverage hierarchy to get things done quickly by issuing top-down directives to reallocate resources to meet objectives.

Organizations typically structure themselves around function or business unit or geography—but successful growth companies optimize around the job.

In order to implement strategy, an organization needs to integrate structure, processes, and people. A successful redesign will focus the company's resources on its strategic priorities and reduce costs. An example of a typical motivation for a redesign is a company that decided to expand outside of its US home base.

The purpose of organization design is to assist organizations in excelling at what they do by taking a holistic approach to the work they do. It is a process for structuring and running organizations. The design of an organization can help improve the quality of goods and services it produces, increase profits, and strengthen relationships with its... See more

HR/organization -> Instead of just one model of modern HR/perf management/org building you can have a wide range of structures to get people to work together and be incentivized to do so.