Designing Organizations: An Executive Guide to Strategy, Structure, and Process New and Revised (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Hardcover

Galbraith, Jay R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787957453 ISBN 13: 9780787957452

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2001

Synopsis

A thoroughly revised second edition of the leader′s concise guide to the process of creating and managing an organisation, no matter how complex, that will achieve unique competitive advantages and be poised to respond effectively and rapidly to customer demands.

In this book executives, managers, and consultants will find the concrete tools they need to select and implement an efficient design that creates superior and more competitive performance. In addition to analysing the four key forces shaping today′s organisations –– buyer power, variety, change, and speed –– this new edition addresses the concerns of new economy by expanding on the section on the Flexible Organization and includes a new section on organising around the customer. The book:
∗ Describes what leaders can do to effect the change process
∗ Addresses the concerns of new economy companies
∗ Contains rich examples from successful companies

About this title

About the Author

Jay R. Galbraith–– an internationally recognized expert on organization design–– is a senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and professor emeritus at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He consults regularly with international clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. He is the author of Designing the Global Corporation and coauthor of Organizing for the Future and Tomorrow′s Organization.

From the Inside Flap

Since the landmark book Designing Organizations was first published in 1995, leaders have become more and more concerned with the challenges inherent in managing complexity within their organizations.
Jay Galbraith′s second of edition of Designing Organizations is a leader′s concise 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. This thoroughly updated and revised edition addresses the concerns and challenges of the new global economy. The volume includes an extensive chapter on the flexible organization and a new section that focuses on organizing around the customer. Expanding on the ideas presented in the first edition, Galbraith offers practical suggestions and information that will help practitioners select and implement an efficient design that will help them get superior results.
Galbraith uses a wealth of examples from such well–known companies as Intel, Motorola, 3M Company, and Toyota to show how various kinds of organizational designs operate differently. He presents his findings in a balanced approach and describes both the positive and negative aspects of each. Using his patented and successful star model, he outlines for any leader the basic design categories and processes that must be integrated to produce efficient systems. In this edition, you will find straightforward easy–to–follow tools that outline parameters for selecting a design structure and can help you organize your company to acclimate to the changing needs of your customers, work its way to the top, and stay there!

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787957453
• ISBN 13: 9780787957452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224