Chapter 1 Introduction to the Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations
Article Category:
Chapter
Publication Date:
20 Sep 2022
Page Range:
1–7
Collections:
Business 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803922195.00008
Keywords:
design; paradox; key concepts; application; historical perspective
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This chapter delineates the organization of the book, presenting the volume's philosophy and structure. We also clarify the meaning of key design concepts, which we define in a glossary. Overall, the book aims to put design in a historical perspective, as well as articulating links between theory and application. We discuss design as a process, one with dynamic and paradoxical attributes.

Cover Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations
Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
20 Sep 2022
Print ISBN:
9781803922188
eISBN:
9781803922195
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803922195
Page Count:
182
Collections:
Business 2022
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Front Matter
Chapter 2 The fundamentals of organizational design
Chapter 3 Organization design and change
Chapter 4 The traditional organization: hierarchy meets bureaucracy
Chapter 5 Less hierarchical organizations: the fall of the traditional pillars (part I: hierarchy)
Chapter 6 The agile organization: the fall of the traditional pillars (part II: task design and allocation)
Chapter 7 Final reflections: patterns, principles and practices
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