Organizational Design
Organizational Design
In today’s volatile business environment, it is more important than ever that managers, whether of a global multinational or a small team, should understand the fundamentals of organizational design. Written specifically for executives and executive MBA students, the new edition of this successful book provides a step-by-step “how to” guide for designing an organization. It features comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of organizational design, including goals, strategy, process, people, coordination, control, and incentives. These aspects are explained through the use of a unique series of 2 Â 2 graphs that provide an integrated, spatial way to assess and plan organizational design. The new edition features a number of important improvements, including a new framework for understanding leadership and organizational climate, the introduction of the concept of manoeuvrability, and a completely new chapter examining joint ventures, mergers, partnerships, and strategic alliances.
Richard M. Burton is Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Fuqua
School of Business, Duke University.
Børge Obel is Professor of Organization and Director of the
Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture, Aarhus
University.
Gerardine DeSanctis was Thomas F. Keller Professor of Business
Administration at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
Organizational
Design
A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Second Edition
Richard M. Burton
Børge Obel
Gerardine DeSanctis
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town,
Singapore, Sa˜o Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521180238
# Richard M. Burton, Børge Obel, and Gerardine DeSanctis 2011
This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception
and
In today’s volatile business environment, it is more important than ever that managers, whether of a global multinational or a small team, should understand the fundamentals of organizational design. Written specifically for executives and executive MBA students, the new edition of this successful book provides a step-by-step “how to” guide for designing an organization. It features comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of organizational design, including goals, strategy, process, people, coordination, control, and incentives. These aspects are explained through the use of a unique series of 2 Â 2 graphs that provide an integrated, spatial way to assess and plan organizational design. The new edition features a number of important improvements, including a new framework for understanding leadership and organizational climate, the introduction of the concept of manoeuvrability, and a completely new chapter examining joint ventures, mergers, partnerships, and strategic alliances.
Richard M. Burton is Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Fuqua
School of Business, Duke University.
Børge Obel is Professor of Organization and Director of the
Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture, Aarhus
University.
Gerardine DeSanctis was Thomas F. Keller Professor of Business
Administration at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
Organizational
Design
A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Second Edition
Richard M. Burton
Børge Obel
Gerardine DeSanctis
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town,
Singapore, Sa˜o Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521180238
# Richard M. Burton, Børge Obel, and Gerardine DeSanctis 2011
This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception
and
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