Description
Book SynopsisThis Third Edition of the groundbreaking book Designing Organizations offers a guide to the process of creating and managing an organization (no matter how complex) that will be positioned to respond effectively and rapidly to customer demands and have the ability to achieve unique competitive advantage.
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. The Star Model 15
3. Single-Business Strategy and Functional Organization 57
4. Designing the Lateral Organization 89
5. Types of Single-Business Strategy 107
6. The Reconfigurable Functional Organization 131
7. Designing the Network Organization 149
8. Multibusiness Strategy and Organization 185
9. The Mixed Model 205
10. Adding Value 217
11. The Value-Adding Conglomerates 235
12. Synergy Portfolio Strategies 255
13. Organizational Design Challenges and Opportunities Resulting from Big Data 285
Bibliography 301
About the Author 307
Index 309
