Research based advice for designing more effective organizations
If you are a manager, you might be asked to organize 1,200 people – or 12,000. But to illustrate a key principle: Let’s start with just 12 people. Are you able to organize them? We have created a challenge with 12 roles in a Research & … [Continue reading]
Not all resources need to be dedicated to one unit: Some may be shared among units. Hence, typical questions that may arise are...: Should each department have an IT support role, or should IT be consolidated in a shared services unit? Should … [Continue reading]
I am all for agility and flexibility – we need more of that in large companies. But I have long been a sceptic of “agile at scale”. I wrote a blog post about it 2018. A recent article confirms many of the concerns that I described then. The article … [Continue reading]
Photo by fauxels from Pexels “Structure” is associated with large and well established firms that serve stable and mature markets. Such firms need the clarity and predictability provided by roles, hierarchy, rules, procedures, and control systems. … [Continue reading]
In my previous blog post, I discussed three implications of the coronavirus on how we lead and organize firms. Let me follow up here with another issue that I have recently discussed with some colleagues and former clients. As a result of the crisis, … [Continue reading]