Research based advice for designing more effective organizations
Can an algorithm improve the design of your organization? I believe the answer is yes. In fact, together with two colleagues (Kim Soldal and Tore Christiansen), I am developing a software tool for this purpose. It is called Re:config. The goal is … [Continue reading]
. This Spring, I had the priviledge of teaching the organization design elective at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. The class consisted of 50 students, half of them from the MBA program and the other half from the EMBA (part … [Continue reading]
I attended a conference in Denmark recently where I met Richard Burton, professor emeritus at Duke University. It was he who first raised the question in the headline. I thought it was an intriguing one. Computers are increasingly doing the work … [Continue reading]
One firm that I have followed for many years is FMC (now TechnicFMC). It’s a world leader in subsea technologies – in particular, valve trees that are placed on the sea bed as part of large oilfield installations. It has its headquarters here in … [Continue reading]
When I was a consultant, many managers remarked to me that they had never had any training in organization design. They learned the stuff while doing it. I am all in favor of learning on the job. But I don’t think it hurts with a bit of … [Continue reading]