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What Is Organization Design? Types, Principles & More
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.
McKinsey • Getting organizational redesign right
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
Nathan Snyder • The Problem with Organization Design
When I use the term design, I refer to the act of intentionally generating something new, something that responds creatively to the specific needs and opportunities of a business, its customers, and its employees.
Carol Sanford • The Regenerative Business
With this in mind, here are the basic steps to organizational design: 1. Figure out what needs to be communicated. Start by listing the most important knowledge and who needs to have it. For example, knowledge of the product architecture must be understood by engineering, QA, product management, marketing, and sales.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
With this in mind, here are the basic steps to organizational design: 1. Figure out what needs to be communicated. Start by listing the most important knowledge and who needs to have it. For example, knowledge of the product architecture must be understood by engineering, QA, product management, marketing, and sales. 2. Figure out what needs to be
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