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Praise for Leading Organization Design
Designing organizations for performance can be a daunting task. Kesler and Kates have done an admirable job distilling the inherent complexity of the design process into manageable parts that can yield tangible results. Leading Organization Design provides an essential hands-on roadmap for any business leader who wants to master this topic." —Robert Simons, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Kesler and Kates have encapsulated their wealth of knowledge and practical experience into an updated model on organizational design that will become a new primer on the subject." —Neville Isdell, retired chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
In today's world of global business, organizational design is a critical piece of long-term success. Kesler and Kates have captured multiple approaches to optimize global opportunities, while highlighting some of the keys to managing through organizational transition. A great read for today's global business leaders." —Charles Denson, president, Nike Brand
Leading Organization Design has some unique features that make it valuable. It is one of the few and certainly only recent books to take us through an explicit process to design modern organizations. This is accomplished with the five-milestone process. The process is not a simple cookbook. Indeed, the authors have achieved a balance between process and content. In so doing, Kesler and Kates show us what to do as well as how to do it."—Jay Galbraith, from the Foreword
Sheds light on the challenges of organization design in a complex enterprise and more importantly provides aninsightful and practical roadmap for business decisions."—Randy MacDonald, SVP, human resources, IBM
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Introduction: Why Organization Design
- 1. The Five Milestones
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I. Milestone One: Business Case and Discovery
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2. Clarify the Strategic Priorities
- 2.1. Business Problems and Opportunities
- 2.2. The Strategy Canvas—Calling out the Strategic Priorities
- 3. Define the Case for Change
- 4. Set the Design Criteria
- Milestone One Summary: Business Case and Discovery
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2. Clarify the Strategic Priorities
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II. Milestone Two: Strategic Grouping
- 5. Use the Six Design Drivers
- 6. Choose the Best Grouping Option
- 7. Embrace the Matrix
- Milestone Two Summary: Strategic Grouping
- III. Milestone Three: Integration
- IV. MILESTONE FOUR: Talent and Leadership
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V. MILESTONE FIVE: Transition
- 13. Set the Implementation Plan
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14. Navigate the Transition
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15.1. Leading Transition—the Work
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15.1.1. First Thirty to Ninety Days: The Launch
- 15.1.1.1. Align Expectations
- 15.1.1.2. Set the Management Routines
- 15.1.1.3. Charter Necessary Networks and Councils
- 15.1.1.4. Align Designs and Missions of Each Subunit
- 15.1.1.5. Set the Metrics
- 15.1.1.6. Finalize Decision Rights and Communicate
- 15.1.1.7. Launch Work Streams
- 15.1.1.8. Manage the Staffing Process
- 15.1.1.9. Cascade and Link New Business Objectives
- 15.1.2. Months Three to Six: Momentum
- 15.1.3. Months Six to Twelve (and Beyond): Learning and Adjusting
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15.1.1. First Thirty to Ninety Days: The Launch
- 15.2. Tipping Points
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15.1. Leading Transition—the Work
- Milestone Five Summary: Transition
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VI. CONCLUSION: Organization Design in Action
- 15. Roles, Involvement, and the Project Timeline
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16. The Design Charette
- 17.1. Definition of a Charette
- 17.2. Who Should Participate in the Charette?
- 17.3. Decision Process
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17.4. Charette Plan
- 17.4.1. High-Level View of the Design Charette Agenda
- 17.4.2. Pre-Charette Assignment
- 17.4.3. First Morning: Creating a Common Understanding
- 17.4.4. Strategy and Data
- 17.4.5. Design Criteria
- 17.4.6. Models
- 17.4.7. First Afternoon: Generating Options
- 17.4.8. Starting Point and Parameters
- 17.4.9. Sharing and Evaluation
- 17.4.10. Second Morning: Reviewing, Revising, Detailing
- 17.4.11. Second Afternoon: Planning and Communication
- 17.4.12. Planning and Logistics
- 17.5. Transition Leadership
- 17.6. Measuring Success
- 17. Learning to Lead Organization Design
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References
- About the Authors
Product information
- Title: Leading Organization Design: How to Make Organization Design Decisions to Drive the Results You Want
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2010
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9780470589595
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