I just returned from Frankfurt where I participated in the first meeting of EODF – a European community of people interested in organisation design. … [Read more...]
Research/Trends/Methods
I this series of posts I discuss academic research on organization design, report from conferences and seminars that I attend, and also describe my own studies.
The importance of formal structure remains, even with modern communication technologies
As an organization design consultant, I am sometimes asked by clients how important formal structure is, relative to other factors such as culture or … [Read more...]
Why are there no laboratories in business schools?
When I was a doctoral student at Oxford University, I lived in a college together with graduate students in many other fields, including the natural … [Read more...]