Designing Organisations (Paperback)
Why it matters and ways to do it well
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A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency
A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency.
Organisation design matters. Every organisation has a better chance of success if it's designed properly, and that design is regularly reviewed, refreshed and updated to reflect and support organisational goals.
Based on the latest thinking and research, and taking into account the profound impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on how we think about work, Designing Organisations offers five key principles of organisational design that we can all adopt and deploy. Together, they provide a framework that balances the needs of today's strategies and operations with the agility to look ahead and meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving business environment.
Designing Organisations (Ebook)
Why it matters and ways to do it well
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A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency
A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency.
Organisation design matters. Every organisation has a better chance of success if it's designed properly, and that design is regularly reviewed, refreshed and updated to reflect and support organisational goals.
Based on the latest thinking and research, and taking into account the profound impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on how we think about work, Designing Organisations offers five key principles of organisational design that we can all adopt and deploy. Together, they provide a framework that balances the needs of today's strategies and operations with the agility to look ahead and meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving business environment.
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'Risk of failure can be greatly reduced through effective organisational design that encourages high performance and adaptability to changing circumstances
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Naomi Stanford
Dr Naomi Stanford is an expert organisation design practitioner, teacher, and author. During her earlier UK career Dr Stanford worked in large multinational companies, including Prudential, Price Waterhouse, British Airways, Marks & Spencer, and Xerox. She then spent fourteen years in the US as an organisation design consultant in a range of organisations including the US Federal Government, NBBJ, and Mercer. She returned to the UK to work in the government sector. She is now an independent consultant working with clients in the Middle East and Europe. She writes books, blogs, articles, speaks at conferences, and tweets (@naomiorgdesign) regularly on organisation design. Her website: http://www.naomistanford.com has over 800 blogs on the topic including extracts from the seven books she has written.
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