Designing Dynamic Organizations: A Hands-on Guide for Leaders at All Levels

by Jay Galbraith, Diane Downey, Amy Kates

"Which business structures are best suited to the unpredictable 21st century? How can a company, division, or department reconfigure itself with minimum disruption and maximum impact? Every executive grapples with problems of restructuring--and most need hands-on guidance to solve them. This eye-opening book shows business leaders at all levels how to examine their choices by leading them systematically through these fundamental questions: * Should we restructure to meet our strategic goals? * What are the best structural options to achieve our success? * What lateral processes are necessary to support the new structure? * How do we staff the restructured organization to optimize results? Based on Galbraith's world-renowned approach, this guide includes examples and worksheets that pilot readers through the essential steps of organizational design."

Genres: Business, Leadership

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found many of the exercises and approaches in this book helpful, if not completely 1:1 applicable. I scaled down several of the organizational design exercises to use with a smaller team, and it helped focus our discussions. I don't think the results would have been as good without this framework. I recommend reading through the first few chapters, skimming the rest, and then diving into any particular chapters that speak to your immediate needs.

[Robert Bogue]

I never got to meet Jay Galbraith. His first work was published just months after my birth. However, Galbraith’s perspectives on organizations and change have reverberated over the years, and I finally got a chance to read some of his later work – Designing Dynamic Organizations. Galbraith published many works over the years, nearly all about creating structures for organizations that would perform and adapt.

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[Arnab Bhattacharya অর্ণব ভট্টাচার্য · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for an OD practicioner. This book does not give much of a theoretical background on organization design but it is extremely useful if you need to start OD work in a short span of time. Its neatly structured and can be used to create good content for workshops or sessions for leadeship. It contains multiple ready-to use questionnaires and formats that can be easily used to collect data on business level metrices.

[Regis Lucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Meghan (Wilker) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic overview of organizational design principles, along with great hands-on tools for application in one's organization. My familiarity with the subject matter is purely experiential, so this book was extremely helpful in building my understanding in the discipline of org design as well as in thinking about how to apply it at work.

The edition I read was from the early 00's, so I just politely overlooked some of the ridiculously outdated case studies from companies like 3Com.

[Brittany Podolak · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been sitting on my desk for years. I use it often. The OD bible for HR practioners.

[Radek Dohnal]

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