CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Organization Design
Amy Kates
Organization design is a field that is of increasing interest to many organization development (OD) professionals. Businesses are developing ever-more-complex strategies that often require multi-dimensional global organizations to execute. In addition, constant technological improvements have created higher expectations for organizations to process information and make decisions faster.
As a result, business managers are looking for assistance in making smart decisions about the shape of their organizations. They expect that their HR generalists and specialists will be knowledgeable about organization design frameworks, methods, and tools. Business clients also expect that their ...