Organization Design: A Guide to Building Effective Organizations - Softcover

Cichocki, Patricia; Irwin, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749462566 ISBN 13: 9780749462567

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2011

Synopsis

With the rate of change in organizations at an all-time high, the need for strong organization design has never been more pressing. Organization Design provides a complete road map for the implementation of organization design, covering all areas including downsizing, outsourcing and re-structuring. Full of hints and tips, as well as a practical toolkit to take organization designers from start to finish, Organization Design outlines the basic theory, provides a step-by-step approach to implementing organization design, and provides solutions to the recurring challenges to be met along the way. OD is about delivering results. By following this tried and tested approach, readers will gain the confidence and skills to put great organization design into practice to ensure business success.

About this title

About the Authors

Patricia Cichocki leads Design to Change. She has over 25 years' experience, working in and advising international organisations and clients on organisation design and change. She is adept at managing the practicalities of embedding organisation designs. She holds degrees from HEC Paris, Oxford University and University College London and is a member of the Organisation Design Forum and was a founding Director of the Change Leaders.

Christine Irwin is one of the UK's leading practitioners in organisation design and implementation with over 30 years' experience, most recently as a partner at Design to Change. She is a member of the Organisation Design Forum where she served as an elected board member from 2001 to 2010; and is a member of the Organisation Development Innovation Network. She holds degrees from Manchester Business School and Leeds University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749462566
• ISBN 13: 9780749462567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304