Organization design is part of every manager & leaders job: attempting to understand & improve how organizations function through
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Organization Design" looks at how you need to change the ways your organization does things in order to increase productivity performance & profit. It provides the knowledge & method to handle the kind of recurring organisational change that all businesses face those which do not involve transforming the entire enterprise but which necessitate significant change at the business unit divisional functional facility or local levels. The problem lies in knowing what needs to change & how to change it. Taking the organisation as a designed system it describes four major elements of organizations: the work
- the basic tasks to be done by the organisation & its parts the people
- characteristics of individuals in the organization formal organization
- structures eg the organisation hierarchy processes & methods that are formally created to get individuals to perform tasks informal organization
- emerging arrangements including variations to the norm processes & relationships commonly described as the culture or the way we do things round here. The way these four elements relate combine & interact affects productivity performance & profit. Most books on this subject target a wide management audience rather than HR this is specifically written for HR practitioners & line managers working together to achieve the goal. It clarifies why & how organisations need to be in a state of readiness to design or redesign & emphasises that people as well as business processes must be part of design considerations. It demonstrates how HR practitioners can work across the organization to change the shape & structure in order to improve performance. It provides tools & techniques that HR professionals need to fulfil their emerging role as business partners. It contains a well-structured approach which provides a tested framework adaptable to a variety of organizational situations."