With the rate of change in organizations at an all-time high, the need for strong organization design has never been more pressing. Organization Design provides a complete road map for the implementation of organization design, covering all areas including downsizing, outsourcing and re-structuring.

Full of hints and tips, as well as a practical toolkit to take organization designers from start to finish, Organization Design outlines the basic theory, provides a step-by-step approach to implementing organization design, and provides solutions to the recurring challenges to be met along the way. OD is about delivering results.

Table of Contents :

Part 1 - Organization Design - Context and Theory

Organization Design Context
Organization Design Theory

Part 2 - Step by Step Organization Design

Introducing Our Step by Step Approach
Program Initiation
Decide Design Approach and Set up Team
Assess the Organization
Decide Design Principles, Criteria and Tests
Generate Design Options
Test Design Options
Moving from Design to Change

Part 3 - Recurring Challenges

Introduction to this Section
Program Management and Organization Design
Who to Involve in an Organization Design
Maintaining Integrity of an Organization Design over Time
Handling Dilemmas, Polarities and Paradoxes
Sizing the Organization
Dealing with the Organization’s Boundaries and the Extended Organization
Designing Governance, Committees and Accountability and Decision Making