Research based advice for designing more effective organizations
Leaders are admonished to “start with the why” and define a mission that clarifies why the organization exists. Leaders are even asked to define a pro-social mission (often called “purpose”) that not only includes business-related goals but broader, … [Continue reading]
Photo by Courtney Wentz on Unsplash Fire departments are responsible for reducing casualties and saving property due to fires and other accidents within their district. At times, however, … [Continue reading]
Decisions – even strategic decisions made by senior leaders – aren’t always made in a systematic, let alone scientific, manner. Anyone who has spent some time in organizations can attest to that. And organization design decisions have traditionally … [Continue reading]
I once worked with a medium-sized oil services firm (i.e., a supplier to oil companies) that seemed to have an “unbalanced” organization structure. The official organization chart looked something like this: …but in reality, one business unit … [Continue reading]
A key challenge in organization design is grouping – finding out which roles to organize in the same team or department. Or, at higher levels of the organization, deciding which teams or departments to group together in the same business unit or … [Continue reading]