Preface
The last revision I did for this book was standard. I updated the examples and references, modified some ideas based on new research, and added a new chapter or two. For this revision, I took more time and substantially rewrote the book. The basics, like the Star Model and lateral forms of organization, remain the same. But the organization design thinking throughout the book is much more driven by strategy. It follows the research and theory that started with Alfred Chandler's Strategy and Structure (1962).
The first couple of chapters explain the approach of strategic organization design. It is a top-down approach as opposed to a sociotechnical systems approach, which is bottom up. Sociotech is much more influenced by the actual work ...
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