Leading Organization Design: How to Make Organization Design Decisions to Drive the Results You Want

Milestone One Summary: Business Case and Discovery

Chapter two: Clarify the Strategic Priorities

• Organization design should start with a top-down view based on the requirements of the business strategy. A bottom-up view can then follow, which takes into account work design and business process changes that should be blended with the top-down view at the appropriate time.

• Key highlights and priorities from the strategic plan serve as the anchor for the major design decisions.

• Organization designers should know when a design change is likely to be an effective solution. Those circumstances include

  • A change in strategy

  • Execution gaps

  • Changes in the external environment

  • The need to force a new dialogue with a new set of players to find growth opportunities ...