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Better strategy through organizational design. By: Bryan, Lowell L., Joyce, Claudia I.,
McKinsey Quarterly, 00475394, 2007, Issue 2
Article Summary:
Organizational design is a complex and difficult task, yet it is one of the most important tasks
undertaken by CEO’s and their senior management teams. Successful design of an
organization requires deeply understanding the context for which the organization is being
designed—the environment in which the firm competes, the business strategies and models it
will use to compete, and the capabilities it needs to compete. The organizations today are
strongly focusing on redesigning its organization so as to take advantage of the competitive
world. The organization are strongly focusing on the structure and design of the organization
which helps in the mobilizing the workforce of the organization and tapping their unutilized
talents and skills which will help in attaining the competitive edge and achieve their goals.
The organizations today are strongly focusing on creating wealth by reducing unproductive
complexity and increasing productive interactions. With the changing competitive edge and
organizational strategy, the organizations today are maximizing returns on people rather than
wealth. The organizations today are analysing profits on the basis of the product of profit per
employee and the total number of employees and the companies are focusing on maximizing
the profits per employee. With a strong focus on this the companies are able to mobilize their
labour and capital. The companies need to focus on redesigning its organization so as to
remove unproductive complexities of the company and overcome its organizational
challenges that are faced by the company. With the advent of the technological sphere, the
organizations have focused on implementing different strategies so as to increase its
efficiency.
Discussion and Concept analysis:
Today, firms struggle to find ways to rapidly adapt emerging technologies to a broader...