Designing Organizations: An Executive Guide to Strategy, Structure, and Process

In this book executives, managers, and consultants will find the concrete tools they need to select and implement an efficient design that creates superior and more competitive performance. In addition to analysing the four key forces shaping today's organisations -- buyer power, variety, change, and speed -- this new edition addresses the concerns of new economy by expanding on the section on the Flexible Organization and includes a new section on organising around the customer. The book:
* Describes what leaders can do to effect the change process
* Addresses the concerns of new economy companies
* Contains rich examples from successful companies

Galbraith (the Center for Effective Organizations, the University of Southern California) offers insight on creating and managing an organization that can respond to customer demands and achieve competitive advantage. He gives suggestions for selecting and implementing efficient organizational designs, using examples from well-known companies. The first edition was published in 1995. This second edition draws on information from a project at the International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland, and addresses concerns of the new global economy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jay R. Galbraith— an internationally recognized expert on organization design— is a senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and professor emeritus at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He consults regularly with international clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. He is the author of Designing the Global Corporation and coauthor of Organizing for the Future and Tomorrow's Organization.