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

by Kesler, Gregory; Kates, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780470589595
• ISBN10: 0470589590
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-21
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Business leaders recognize the need to continually align their organizations to changes in the marketplace and are seeking guidance from both internal and external practitioners. This book helps consultants; HR and organization development professionals understand of the process needed and best practices for implementing, evaluating, and adjusting their organization designs in complex organizations. It offers step-by-step guidance for setting up effective governance and management processes to execute a design, and offers insight into helping leaders gain the skills needed to put the design into action.

Author Biography

The authors are managing partners at Kates Kesler Organization Consulting. The organization design approach and tools they have developed together and with Jay Galbraith have become the standard internal design methodology used in dozens of major corporations around the world.

Greg Kesler has consulted with corporations worldwide for over twenty years on organization design, executive talent management, and HR planning. He has published many articles and book chapters on organization design and succession planning and is on the editorial board of People & Strategy journal.

Amy Kates helps leaders and teams assess organizational issues, reshape structures and processes, and build depth of management capability. She is coauthor of two books with Jay Galbraith and an editor of People & Strategy. She teaches organization design at Cornell University, the DTU Executive School of Business (Denmark), and in client-specific programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Organization Design

The Five Milestones

Milestone One: Business Case and Discovery

Clarify the Strategic Priorities

Define the Case for Change

Set the Design Criteria

Milestone One Summary: Business Case and Discovery

Milestone Two: Strategic Grouping

Use the Six Design Drivers

Choose the Best Grouping Option

Embrace the Matrix

Milestone Two Summary: Strategic Grouping

Milestone Three: Integration

Design for Operating Governance

Allocate Power in the Matrix: A Case Study in Governance

Redesign Functions to Be Integrators

Milestone Three Summary: Integration

Milestone Four: Talent and Leadership

Design the Leadership Organization

Make the Right Talent Choices

Milestone Four Summary: Talent and Leadership

Milestone Five: Transition

Set the Implementation Plan

Navigate the Transition

Milestone Five Summary: Transition

Conclusion: Organization Design in Action

Roles, Involvement, and the Project Timeline

The Design Charette

Conclusion: Learning to Lead Organization Design

References

About the Authors

Index

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