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

By Diane Downey, Amy Kates, Jay Galbraith

Book Overview

Which business structures are best suited to the unpredictable 21st century? How can a business reconfigure itself with minimum disruption and maximum impact?

Every executive grapples with problems of restructuring--and most need hands-on guidance to solve them. Based on Jay Galbraith's world-renowned approach to organization design and featuring a broad selection of practical tips and tools developed by Diane Downey and Amy Kates, Designing Dynamic Organizations gives business leaders at all levels everything they need to implement positive, progressive change.

In this book, business executives will learn 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?

Designing Dynamic Organizations includes examples and worksheets that pilot you through the essential steps of organizational design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814471196
• ISBN13: 9780814471197
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This is a fantastic hands on manual for experienced or novice practitioners. The chapters are easy to understand with great case study examples. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding dynamics and change within an organization.

Simple and Pragmatic

Jay Galbraith is a well-respected, research-based practitioner in the field of Organizational Design. Companies of all sizes and industries have been using the STAR model as a guide to thinking systemically when designing their organizations. I personally have been using this model as an internal OD consultant/practitioner over the last decade. This book's material continues to be very relevant and current for today's leaders. This book should serve as a basic foundation for any OD/HR professional or manager/leader desiring to create a vital, sustainable, reconfigurable, and dynamic organization. What the reader can expect is simplistic language and pragmatic tools and methods. This is a true workbook. If you are sifting through books and don't know where to start...start here!

Atilano, MBA

It's a good book for the basic understanding of organization design. It's easy to read and easy to follow the concepts and theories. As a Professor I strongly recommend it.

Great. Easy to read.

Easy to read. Great format and approach to the book. Love the designs for how to approach the work at the end of each chapter. A great took as an HR / OD person.

A managment essential

This book is a basic for those wishing to compose and maintain a dynamic vital organization. Highly reccomended for middle level and upper managers. You will refer to it constantly.