Guide to Organisation Design: Creating High-Performing and Adaptable Enterprises

Stanford, Naomi

ISBN 10: 1861978022 / ISBN 13: 9781861978028

Published by Economist, London, 2007

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Large octavo in white illus. jacket; viii, 343 pages: illustrations; 23 cm; bibliographical references (pages 294-301) and index. Excellent book on enterprise design. . "To achieve high performance an organisation must be aligned and adaptable to changing circumstances. Getting to this state takes specific skills and knowledge, especially as the redesign of an enterprise must be carried out while making sure that the day-to-day operations do not suffer. Using many real company examples, this guide looks at methods of thinking clearly about the reasons for wanting to change - and then working out the best ways of getting from A to B successfully. In doing so it stresses that organisation design work is a fundamental process and not just a repair job."--Jacket. Contents: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introducing organisation design -- 2 Models, approaches and designs -- 3 Organisational structures -- 4 Planning and sequencing the organisation design -- 5 Measurement -- 6 Stakeholder engagement -- 7 Leadership and organisation design -- 8 Culture and group processes -- 9 Morphing not future proofing -- Notes -- Appendix 1 Organisation design models -- Appendix 2 Useful sources of information -- Appendix 3 Glossary -- Index -- Last Page. / Organizational change. Business planning. Changement organisationnel. Business planning. Organizational change. organization development. work organization. business strategy. corporate planning. management strategy. measurement. leadership. case study. F?retagsutveckling. Organisationsf?r?ndringar. Organisationsutveckling. d?veloppement de l'organisation. organisation du travail. strat?gie d'entreprise. planification d'entreprise. strat?gie de gestion. mesure. commandement. ?tude de cas. desarrollo de la organizaci?n. organizaci?n del trabajo. estrategia empresarial. planificaci?n corporativa. estrategia de gesti?n. medici?n. liderazgo. estudio de casos. Genre/Form: management development guide. guide de formation des cadres. gu?a de desarrollo gerencial. As new: very fine in very fine jacket. Please see photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guide to Organisation Design: Creating High-Performing and Adaptable Enterprises
• Publisher: Economist, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861978022
• ISBN 13: 9781861978028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business & Economics

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Synopsis

Business failure is not limited to start ups. In America alone between 1990 and 2000, there were over 6.3 million business start-ups and over 5.7 million business shut-downs.

Risk of failure can be greatly reduced through effective organisational design that encourages high performance and adaptability to changing circumstances.  Organisation design is a straightforward business process but curiously managers rarely talk about it and even more rarely take steps to consciously design or redesign their business for success. This new Economist guide explores the five principles of effective organisation design, which are that it must be:

• driven by the business strategy and the operating context (not by a new IT system,  a new leader wanting  to make an impact, or some other non-business reason).
• involve holistic thinking about the organisation
• be for the future rather than for now
• not to be undertaken lightly—it is resource intensive even when going well
• be seen as a fundamental process not a repair job. (Racing cars are designed and built. They are then kept in good repair.)

About the Author

Naomi Stanford is an organisation design consultant based in San Francisco, CA.  Before moving to America, she worked as a senior organisational development consultant for companies such as M&S, BA, Xerox, PwC and Prudential.